The Dangers of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and How It Could Affect You
People are aware that TPP is being negotiated behind closed doors, but what is it?
Shrouded in secrecy and lacking in transparency to the extent that it has blocked off stakeholder participation, the TPP is a multi-national trading agreement across 12 countries involving the banks, Big Pharma, software, food and the likes of tobacco corporations who are lobbying governments to introduce the rewriting of laws and rules that will make further restrictions on intellectual property rights.
This has a number of negative implications that could well affect you.
Described as the ‘dirtiest deal you’ve never heard of’ from leaked documents, if the unfair TPP is allowed it could have an effect on food safety, labor laws, environmental protection and the right to internet privacy.
This in effect means that you, your family and friends could be paying more for essential medicines, having to be subject to tighter controlling petty laws on copyright-protected property, allowing Internet Service Providers to spy…and that’s just the beginning.
