The TPP Will Finish What Chile’s Dictatorship Started The TPP Will Finish What Chile’s Dictatorship Started
Salvador Allende warned against neoliberalism’s disastrous effects just before he was overthrown. He was right to be worried.
Sep 11, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Congress Is Sick of the Secrecy Around the TPP Congress Is Sick of the Secrecy Around the TPP
And Senator Sherrod Brown is blocking a key Obama nominee to show it.
Aug 20, 2015 / George Zornick
Malaysia Needed a Clean Human Rights Record—So the State Department Just Gave It to Them Malaysia Needed a Clean Human Rights Record—So the State Department Just Gave It to Them
The president cleansed Malaysia of its notorious human trafficking record to give the country a front row seat to join the TPP—and Congress can’t do anything about it.
Jul 29, 2015 / William Greider
TPP Could Actually Make Working Conditions Worse in Vietnam TPP Could Actually Make Working Conditions Worse in Vietnam
The free market won’t break the country’s manufacturers’ reliance on forced labor, child labor, and dismal wages.
Jul 1, 2015 / Michelle Chen
The Fast-Track Fight Is Effectively Over: It’s Happening The Fast-Track Fight Is Effectively Over: It’s Happening
Liberals lost the fast-track battle, but don’t assume this means TPP will pass.
Jun 23, 2015 / George Zornick
We Need to Fight Again to Stop Fast Track of the Trans-Pacific Partnership We Need to Fight Again to Stop Fast Track of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Fast track is headed back to the Senate.
Jun 22, 2015 / NationAction
June 20, 1900: The Boxer Rebellion Begins in China, Targets Foreign Interference June 20, 1900: The Boxer Rebellion Begins in China, Targets Foreign Interference
"The revolt is one against modern ideas and methods, whether imposed from without or advocated from within."
Jun 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Keep Up the Pressure to Defeat Fast Track of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Keep Up the Pressure to Defeat Fast Track of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Activists managed to convince the House of Representatives to reject fast track on Friday but the fight isn't over.
Jun 15, 2015 / NationAction
Free Trade Isn’t about Trade. It’s About Bureaucrats—and Guns. Free Trade Isn’t about Trade. It’s About Bureaucrats—and Guns.
Free trade agreements like the TPP have provisions that are designed less for trade, and more about replacing public bureaucrats with private, corporate ones.
Mar 24, 2015 / Mike Konczal
Do You Think Products Made in China Should Be Called ‘US Exports’? Do You Think Products Made in China Should Be Called ‘US Exports’?
If not, we must stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership before it does more damage to our country.
Jan 7, 2015 / Feature / William Greider