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[–] rwbj 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Expect much more along these lines once the TPP passes.

The TPP makes governments completely impotent compared to corporations. So for instance imagine Malaysia isn't happy because people are boycotting their dirt cheap seafood that was harvested using what is literally slave labor. They could sue the government if they were required to label their products as being from Malaysia.

Phillip Morris is currently involved in a similar 'free trade' lawsuits against a variety of countries. The initial was against Honduras who signed a pact similar to the TPP with Switzerland, Phillip Morris' base country. Honduras decided to ban smoking in enclosed indoor areas and require large health warnings on the package. The TPP will make things like this almost impossible to do as now corporations can sue the government for hampering their entitlement to profit. And the governments in question get to spend millions of taxpayer dollars defending these lawsuits even if they do win. Oh the fun times, they be a coming.

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[–] Hooptie 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

My first thought was also about the TPP. This is exactly the kind of thing that is going to happen repeatedly if the TPP passes. This time we have blindfolds put on when it comes to the meat that we put in our bodies. Who knows what kind of feed/conditions are going into these animals that we are going to ingest. As with any business, they'll do the bare minimum to get the most profit and I'd rather not have that happen with my sustenance.

This time it's meat products. Next it will be our water, automobiles, medicines. All in the name of corporations making an extra buck.