TPP: deal reached
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- Published on Monday, 05 October 2015 16:00
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We've just found out that our worst fears have come true: TPP negotiators in Atlanta have just finalized the TPP text.
But it's not over yet. Will you commit to fighting the TPP until it's dead?
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I'm sorry to tell you that in spite of millions of us coming together, our representatives have ignored our voices and just finalized text for the disastrous TPP trade deal.
But it ain't over till it's over.
Every one of the 12 Trans Pacific Partnership countries still has to ratify the deal before it goes into force -- which means there's still a great chance for us to stop it.
And so we're not going to stop fighting until this deal is dead and buried. We're going to use all of our energy to push as hard as we can to make sure that the TPP isn't ratified in all 12 TPP countries.
Will you join us and say NO to the TPP?
Honestly, we're still in shock after today's announcement. We don't know exactly what's in the finalized text, but what we've seen of this secretive trade deal reads like a giant corporate wish list.
You know what adds insult to injury? Experts are saying it could be 30 days before we even get a look at what’s actually written in the deal.
That means we have to wait a month to learn what we already know is in the text: devastating attacks on access to affordable medicine, food safety standards and much more. And we can expect corporations to sue our governments when we pass laws to protect people and the planet if it hurts corporate profits.
This sweeping deal circumvents the democratic process, and it affects every single person on the planet.
SumOfUs has been opposed to the TPP from the beginning -- this type of massive corporate giveaway is exactly why we started this community. Across the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, tens or even hundreds of thousands of SumOfUs members -- including you -- have taken a stand against TPP. You've chipped in with small donations, signed petitions, or even turning up outside the talks to make sure they didn’t happen in secret.
Because we're global, we're extremely well placed to fight this deal. If just one of the TPP countries doesn't ratify the deal, it doesn't pass. We know we have the power to help stop it.
Will you join us and say NO to the TPP?
Send a powerful message to our leaders: we don't want the TPP!
Thank you so much for everything that you've done already to oppose this deal and for all that you do,
Angus, Emma, Jon, and the team at SumOfUs
P.S. With just two weeks until the Canadian election, the TPP just became a major election issue. Already the NDP and Greens have come out against the TPP. We're going to be in touch very soon about next steps that you can take to stop this dangerous deal.
More information:
Trans-Pacific free trade deal agreed creating vast partnership, BBC, 5 October 2015
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