Thom Hartman: We are slaves to so-called Free Trade & the WTO

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Run time: 06:08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD7HhV0gwyQ   Posted on YouTube: July 11, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheBigPictureRT Views on YouTube: 67   Posted on DU: July 11, 2011 By DU Member: thomhartmann Views on DU: 742

 
By joining the World Trade Organization - our nation agreed to follow a whole slew of new international laws that protect so-called Free Trade - the feather in the cap of transnational corporations. So now - whenever our Congress passes a law that transnational corporations don't like - we can be taken to a WTO court and forced to drop the new law. This happened earlier this year in May - when the WTO took a bite out of US sovereignty - ruling that America can no longer label tuna products as “dolphin safe." Why? Because such labeling could deter customers from purchasing certain foreign tuna products that aren't "dolphin safe" - thus limiting “free trade” in America.

Not a peep from the Supreme Court, though - this was about corporations making more money.

But that's not all - the WTO has struck down laws in America that ban importation of goods made by child labor - laws that prevent importation of shrimp from transnational corporations that kill sea turtles in the process - and laws that ban the importation of carcinogenic gasoline additives.

Nothing from the Supreme Court on these either - in each case it meant more profits for transnational corporations. Ultimately - our nation has lost 9 out of every 10 cases in front of the WTO since joining the organization in 1995. That means 9 times out of 10 - our nation was forced to change OUR laws - passed by OUR Congress and signed by OUR president - because of what some massive transnational corporations tell.

We need to wake up and wake up soon. Check out movetoamend.org for more information on what you can do

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