U.S. trade policy after the TPP
Faith communities joined labor, environmental, development, and farm groups in celebrating the demise in the United States of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.
Faith communities joined labor, environmental, development, and farm groups in celebrating the demise in the United States of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.
With the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal apparently stopped, faith groups continue to call for a trade model that promotes the common good.
Now that the TPP deal is signed, Congress has to approve it. This is the time to raise our voices for economic justice.
Now that the TPP deal is signed, Congress has to approve it. This is the time to raise our voices for economic justice.
Members of the Interfaith Working Group on Trade and Investment speak out against the Trans Pacific Partnership.
12 countries signed the sweeping, unjust Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement, but that's not the end. Now it's up to Congress to approve it.
As people of faith formed by unique traditions, we together work towards economic policies that place the dignity and worth of God’s people and all creation at its center. As world leaders gather on February 3rd to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, we ask whether the agreement measures up to what Pope Francis calls an “economy of inclusion.”
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Serious concerns mount after the text of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, which has the potential to affect the lives of millions of people in 12 countries, was released in November.
On October 5, the U.S. and 11 other nations finalized negotiations on the biggest trade agreement in history: the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Many concerns remain about the potential impact of this trade and investment deal on access to medicines and environmental standards.
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Members of Congress need to hear from constituents that the Fast Track authority for the Trans Pacific Partnership is undemocratic.
Alex Bianco, an intern with the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns’ Faith Economy Ecology project, contributed to this article was published in the July-August 2014 NewsNotes.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) made headlines again in March as Japan was welcomed into the trade negotiations, despite protests from Japanese rice farmers concerned the treaty could undermine their livelihoods.