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RCEP: International think tanks warn of devastating consequences
This week (December 2-10) [1] the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is being negotiated in Jakarta, Indonesia. If signed, RCEP would grant corporations the exclusive right to bypass domestic legal systems and sue governments at international tribunals whenever they feel government regulation can limit their profits [2].
Rethinking trade policy and protectionism in the Trump era
What kind of trade policy will the United States have under President Donald Trump? This is a hot issue, as Trump has made unorthodox pronouncements on trade issues during and after the election campaign. If he acts on even some of the positions he took, it will create a sea change in trade policy in the US and possibly the world.
Brazil – Parliamentary Coup – and the ‘Progressive Media’
What happened in Brazil is just the most horrifying and flagrant illegal foreign-led parliamentary coup that has happened in Latin America since a similar coup, also foreign-led, deposed José Mujica of Uruguay in June 2009.
TISA: New Trade Deal Could Be Even Greater Threat to Public...
Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) could lock in privatisation and increase ability of big business to call the shots on health, education and...
Brexit, Globalization and the Bankruptcy of the Globalist “Left”
By Takis Fotopoulos
1.The historical background of Brexit
The June referendum on whether Britain will remain a member of the EU or not is in fact...
BRICS face brewing external capitalist crisis and Growing Internal Strife
by Patrick Bond
Last week, listening to activists and allied academics at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Mumbai’s Tata Institute for Social Sciences...
BRICS and the Fiction of “De-Dollarization”
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
The financial media as well as segments of the alternative media are pointing to a possible weakening of the US dollar as...