Published on Jun 24, 2014
The controversial TPP is evoking
broad-spectrum hostility particularly because of the total secrecy under
which it has been crafted; while the American public and even the U.S.
Congress have been kept from seeing the text, privileged corporations
and NGOs have been given full access to the negotiated documents. The
portions of the agreement that have been publicly leaked have confirmed
that it poses a serious threat to national sovereignty, both from
international institutions (such as the United Nations and the WTO) as
well as multi-national corporations. The Joint Statement unequivocally
endorses the TPP, declaring:
