April 18 - global protests against trade deals that threaten democracy

April 18 - global protests against trade deals that threaten democracy Unions including IUF affiliates will be joining with civil society organizations in many parts of the world in the actions planned for April 18 to oppose the cluster of giant trade and investment treaties currently being negotiated which would grant vast new powers to transnational corporations and investors. The US-EU TTIP, Canada-EU CETA, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPPA) between the United States and eleven Pacific Rim countries (Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam) and the secretive Trade In Services Agreement (TISA) being driven by the US, EU, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and South Korea pursue the common goal of strengthening corporate power at the expense of governments' capacity to regulate in the defense of worker and consumer health and safety, protect the environment, limit financial risk and volatility and pursue democratic public policy objectives. The recently leaked investment chapter of the TPPA exposes the corporate power grab at the heart of these treaties, which are deliberately and misleadingly packaged as 'trade agreements'. They are all Trade Deals that threaten Democracy  A full list of events around the world organized for the global day of action is available here - contact the organizers to learn more and take part!   April 18 - global protests against trade deals that threaten democracy Unions including IUF affiliates will be joining with civil society organizations in many parts of the world in the actions planned for April 18 to oppose the cluster of giant trade and investment treaties currently being negotiated which would grant vast new powers to transnational corporations and investors. The US-EU TTIP, Canada-EU CETA, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPPA) between the United States and eleven Pacific Rim countries (Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam) and the secretive Trade In Services Agreement (TISA) being driven by the US, EU, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and South Korea pursue the common goal of strengthening corporate power at the expense of governments' capacity to regulate in the defense of worker and consumer health and safety, protect the environment, limit financial risk and volatility and pursue democratic public policy objectives. The recently leaked investment chapter of the TPPA exposes the corporate power grab at the heart of these treaties, which are deliberately and misleadingly packaged as 'trade agreements'. They are all Trade Deals that threaten Democracy  A full list of events around the world organized for the global day of action is available here - contact the organizers to learn more and take part!

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