Papers discussed in August 28 meeting:
- Unemployment, Inequality and Other Risks of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Forecast of job losses, critique of standard methodology to forecast impact of trade agreements
- The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade Long-term impacts of trade on U.S
- The TPP’s Investment Chapter: Entrenching, Rather Than Reforming, a Flawed System
Videos
Robert Reich: TPP: Worst Trade Deal You’ve Never Heard Of
Senator Elizabeth Warren: Why we need to stop the TPP
Podcasts
Best of the Left: The Trans Pacific Partnership revealed (Corporate Takeover)
Articles
Public Citizen: Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Job Loss, Lower Wages and Higher Drug Prices
Popular Resistance: Current TPP News
Even the pro-market, pro-trade “Economist” magazine thinks that ISDS has been “disasterous”.
The Trans-Pacific Free-Trade Charade
Sites
Popular Resistance: Flush the TPP
Public Citizen: Global Trade Watch
Personal Actions You Should Take
- Speak to 5 friends about why we must stop TPP
- Tell Congress to reject it
- Tell your own Congressperson to reject it
- Go to events to protest (see collective actions)
Collective Actions: NYC and National
National Call To Action: Stop The TPP