The Obama administration has revealed what policies it wants changed under the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement.
What do the Obama administration oppose?
They oppose things like:
- Requiring that meat packing plants have separate spaces for halal and non halal slaughter.
- Restrictions on pork and alcohol importation for religious reasons.
- Better capital requirements for banks.
- High taxes on cigarettes and alcohol to discourage their use.
- Personal data privacy protections.
- Regulatory actions to control pharmaceutical costs.
- Objecting to a fee (all of $21) to file a copyright complaint.
- Public ownership of energy resources.
- Patent policies which prohibit evergreening (renewing patents ad infinitum).
- Comprehensive food labels.
- Buy local military procurement. (which the US has)
- A publicly owned post office.
- Requiring that cheese be made from milk.
Seriously, this is a neoliberal (free market mousketeer) wet dream.