Friday, August 10, 2012

postheadericon Once Again, Public Interest Groups Kicked Out When Trying To Present Concerns About TPP

Is really amazing how terribly disgusting supporters of PPT agreement became ridiculous. The Partnership Agreement Trans-Pacific being negotiated in secret at all - even when the USTR and is told that the process is transparent in an "unprecedented" level. Of course, it seems that transparency applies only to big industry lobbyists who support the concepts of the agreement already. For everyone else, we are told that this is a national security issue. Moreover, instead of being transparent, it seems that the negotiators of the PPT leans back to (a) allow representatives of public opinion even talk

while (b) spending as much time as possible with the Hollywood lobbyists. It is as if the USTR negotiators and TPP others are so completely sure who designed the process that is displayed

how little they care about public opinion





Honestly, this is a scandal in the making.



In February, many public interest groups representing a public hearing on the concerns with PPT at the same hotel where the negotiations were in progress ... PPT and the USTR, apparently in contact with the hotel and was expelled. The night before all this? And the negotiators were partying in a Hollywood studio with key lobbyists. Yes, the USTR can not even bear to be in the same building as those concerned with the public, but have fun with lobbyists. A few weeks later, some corporate interests hosted a dinner for negotiators of ACTA. Public interest groups have learned that, at the last minute and they said they were not welcome. Asked about this during a Senate hearing, the USTR, Ron Kirk, has had a condescending attitude completely, continues to insist on unprecedented transparency and Senator Wyden said he was not even close real.
And of course, it is even worse. One of the things that the USTR had spoken in the past about how he was "transparent" than they were when the holding of several meetings between the parties concerned to allow people to express their concerns. Of course, most are free for all is and are able to limit the exposure of problems - but at least there were some attempts in the past to offer people a voice. No more. As we noted recently, the United States ended with the stakeholders meeting. Thus, public interest groups, once again shelved.
Now, it is that during meetings in Chile, public interest groups, again tried to organize a stakeholders meeting, and obtained an agreement to be hosting the University of Chile School of Law. All this was organized, and there was even a prominent local politician, was registered as a keynote speaker. The dean of the school was all for it ... then, two days before the meeting, the University has canceled the meeting. Again, the public interest groups were excluded. It is not entirely clear why, but there is great speculation that the cancellation was due to a faculty member who is based in large part to the pharmaceutical industry.


Find best price for : --Chile----USTR--

0 comments:

Blog Archive