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Secret trade deals attack global health and environment

2013-11-26 12:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Ecologist: The US is busy negotiating two sprawling new trade deals, with the European Union and 11 Pacific Rim nations, and progressives are up in arms. Ben Whitford asks: Just how bad are the deals? The trade deals allow companies to undermine or sidestep virtually any local restrictions that are tougher than the laxest rules. It's impossible to say for sure: the talks have been shrouded in secrecy, and while hundreds of corporate bigwigs have been included in the negotiating process, potential critics...

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