C'est Obama en personne qui avait pesé de tout son poids pour que ce traité, représentant une agression directe contre la démocratie, soit adopté par le parlement.
C'est le même Obama qui, aujourd'hui, l'abandonne.
Rappelons que ce deal commercial programmé entre les USA et l'Union européenne a provoqué de vives contestations et manifestations des organisations et populations en Europe et aux USA.
Organisations US qui affirment que c'est à leur mobilisation et non pas à l'élection de Trump que ce traité qui bafoue les droits des peuples et les soumet aux multinationales est pour l'instant en arrêt.
Let's make one thing clear," said Evan Greer, campaign director for digital rights group Fight for the Future. "Donald Trump didn't kill the TPP. We did."
The deal, she continued, would have "globalized Internet censorship, undermined civil liberties, and devastated our economy and our planet."
Instead, "[a]n unprecedented grassroots movement of people and organizations from across the political spectrum came together to spark an uprising that stopped what would have been nothing less than an outright corporate takeover of our democratic process. Together we sounded the alarm, and made the TPP so politically toxic that no presidential candidate who wanted to be elected could support it."
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership ( TPP)-the corporate-friendly trade deal between the U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim nations that sparked progressive outcry over its threats to everything from democracy to ...
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/11/12/tpps-cardiac-arrest-lesson-challenges-trump-years-ahead
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