Obama’s Secret Treaty Which Will Merge America More Deeply Into The Emerging One World Economic System

By Michael Snyder  –

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Economic Collapse

November 13, 2013  

Did you know that the Obama administration is negotiating
a super secret “trade agreement” that is so sensitive that he isn’t even
allowing members of Congress to see it?  The Trans-Pacific Partnership is
being called the “NAFTA of the Pacific” and “NAFTA on steroids”, but the
truth is that it is so much more than just a trade agreement.  This treaty
has 29 chapters, but only 5 of them have to do with trade.  Most Americans
don’t realize this, but this treaty will fundamentally change our laws
regarding Internet freedom, health care, the trading of derivatives,
copyright issues, food safety, environmental standards, civil liberties and
so much more.  It will also merge the United States far more deeply into the
emerging one world economic system.  Initially, twelve nations will be a
party to this treaty including the United States, Mexico, Canada, Japan,
Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and
Vietnam.  Together, those nations represent approximately 40 percent
of global GDP.  It is hoped that additional nations such as the Philippines,
Thailand and Colombia will join the treaty later on.

There are some very good reasons why Obama does not want
the American people to know anything about what is in this treaty.  This
agreement will impose very strict Internet copyright rules on the American
people, it will ban all “Buy American” laws, it will give Wall Street banks
much more freedom to trade risky derivatives and it will force even more
domestic manufacturing offshore.

It contains a whole host of things that Obama would be
unable to get through Congress on his own.  But he is hoping to spring this
on Congress at the last minute and get them to agree to this “free trade
agreement” before they realize all of the things that are contained in it.

The secrecy surrounding these treaty negotiations have
really been unprecedented.  The following is an excerpt from a recent
article

by Kurt Nimmo

“Since the beginning of the TPP negotiations, the process
of drafting and negotiating the treaty’s chapters has been shrouded in an
unprecedented level of secrecy,” Wikileaks notes in a
statement on the release
of the
TPP draft. “Access to drafts of the TPP chapters is shielded from the
general public. Members of the US Congress are only able to view selected
portions of treaty-related documents in highly restrictive conditions and
under strict supervision. It has been previously revealed that only three
individuals in each TPP nation have access to the full text of the
agreement, while 600 ’trade advisers’ – lobbyists guarding the interests of
large US corporations such as Chevron, Halliburton, Monsanto and Walmart –
are granted privileged access to crucial sections of the treaty text.”

And Obama reportedly is seeking
“trade promotion authority”

which would give him the ability to sign this treaty before Congress even
votes on it…

Normally free -trade agreements must be authorized by a
majority of the House and Senate, usually in lengthy proceedings.

However, the White House is seeking what is known as
“trade promotion authority” which would fast track approval of the TPP by
requiring Congress to vote on the likely lengthy trade agreement within 90
days and without any amendments.

The authority also allows Obama to sign the agreement
before Congress even has a chance to vote on it, with lawmakers getting only
a quick post-facto vote.

This is so insidious that it is hard to find the words to
describe it.

In essence, Obama is trying to make a giant end run around
Congress on dozens of different issues that are addressed by this treaty.

Fortunately, there are at least some members of Congress
that are waking up to this.  Earlier

this week
, a small
group of Republicans and a small group of Democrats both sent Obama a letter
condemning this “free trade” agreement…

Separate groups of House Republicans and Democrats on
Tuesday condemned the Obama administration’s proposed sweeping free trade
agreement with 11 Pacific nations, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Strongly worded letters to President Barack Obama Tuesday
were signed by hardline tea partiers, true-blue progressives, and moderate,
corporate-friendly lawmakers in both parties, indicating political trouble
for a trade deal the administration had hoped to seal by year end.

This is one of the most important political issues facing
our nation here at the end of 2013, and yet you hear next to nothing about
this treaty on the mainstream news.  If this treaty is approved, the United
States will be permanently bound by the provisions of this treaty and will
never be able to change them unless all
of the other countries agree

Countries would be obliged to conform all their domestic
laws and regulations to the TPP’s rules—in effect, a corporate coup d’état.
The proposed pact would limit even how governments can spend their tax
dollars. Buy America and other Buy Local procurement preferences that invest
in the US economy would be banned, and “sweat-free,” human rights or
environmental conditions on government contracts could be challenged. If the
TPP comes to fruition, its retrograde rules could be altered only if
all countries agreed, regardless of domestic election outcomes or changes in
public opinion
. And unlike much domestic legislation, the TPP would
have no expiration date.

Are you starting to understand just how dangerous this
treaty is?

Let me give you just one example of how this treaty could
directly affect you.

Do you remember SOPA?

There was a huge public backlash when the very strict
Internet copyright provisions of SOPA were revealed to the public, and the
American people loudly expressed their displeasure to members of Congress.

But now the provisions of SOPA are back.  Most of them
have reportedly been very quietly inserted into this treaty.  If this treaty
is enacted, those provisions will become law and the American people will
not be able to do a thing about it.

And according to an article in
the New York Times
, there are
all sorts of other disturbing things that have been slipped into this
treaty…

And yet another leak revealed that
the deal would include even more expansive incentives to relocate domestic
manufacturing offshore than were included in Nafta — a deal that drained
millions of manufacturing jobs from the American economy.

The agreement would also be a boon
for Wall Street and its campaign to water down regulations put in place
after the 2008 financial crisis. Among other things, it would practically
forbid bans on risky financial products, including the toxic derivatives
that helped cause the crisis in the first place.

Are you starting to grasp why the Obama administration is
so determined to keep this treaty such a secret?

In addition, this “free trade” agreement will push the
ongoing deindustrialization of America into overdrive.  Every year, we buy
hundreds of billions of dollars more stuff from the rest of the world than
they buy from us.  Tens of thousands of American businesses have been lost
as a result, and millions of good jobs have been shipped overseas.

If you are not familiar with our “trade deficit”, you
really should be.  It is one of the issues at the very heart of our economic
problems.  Posted below is a short 3
minute video
that briefly discusses the trade deficit and
why it is so important…

Slowly merging our economy with the rest of the planet has
been absolutely disastrous for America.  Just consider the following
statistics…

-Overall, the United States has run a trade deficit of
more than 8 trillion dollars
with the rest of the world since 1975.

-The United States has lost
more than 56,000
manufacturing
facilities since 2001.

-Back in the year 2000, there were
more than 17 million
Americans
working in manufacturing.  Now there are
less than 12 million
.

-There are less Americans working in manufacturing today
than there was in 1950
even though the population of the country has more than doubled since then.

-Back in 1950,

more than 80 percent

of all men in the United States had jobs.  Today,
less than 65 percent
of all men
in the United States have jobs.

-When NAFTA was pushed through Congress in 1993, the
United States had a trade surplus with Mexico of 1.6
billion dollars.  By 2010, we had a trade deficit with
Mexico of 61.6 billion dollars.

-Back in 1985, our trade deficit with China was
approximately 6 million dollars
(million with a little “m”) for the entire year.  In 2012,
our trade deficit with China was

315 billion dollars
.
That was the largest trade deficit that one nation has had with another
nation in the history of the world.

-According to the Economic Policy Institute, America is
losing half a million jobs
to China every single year.

-According to Professor Alan Blinder of Princeton
University, 40 million
more U.S. jobs could be sent offshore over the next two decades if current
trends continue.

Once upon a time, our great manufacturing cities were the
envy of the entire planet.  In fact, at one time Detroit actually had the
highest per capita income in the United States.

But now Detroit is a rotting, decaying, festering hellhole
that is completely bankrupt.  And there are dozens of other formerly great
manufacturing cities that are heading down the exact same path.

These “free trade” agreements are neither “free” nor
“fair” when you really examine them, and they are absolutely eviscerating
the middle class.

Please
urge your representatives in Congress to block the Trans-Pacific
Partnership.  If this treaty does get approved, it is going to make a lot of
our problems a whole lot worse.