#Democracy/#FacaDemocracy: “Bolstering these #IntellectualProperty protection devices is an expanding set of inter-government deals. The construction of the global #market #system has been marked by a proliferation of over 3,200 bilateral and multilateral treaties on trade ... 
... and investment, most of which have never been subject to any #democratic mandate or accountability."
"…. As one Investment #banking expert noted: 'It is a mistake to call it a trade agreement. This is really an agreement that's [sic] purpose is substantially to weaken nation-based #regulation while at the same time strengthening #IntellectualProperty protections.' ...
... As is usual in #trade agreements involving the #USA, American #interests prevail and mostly reflect corporate wishes. Under a congressional mandate, American corporations have an inside track in trade negotiations, being involved as advisors with a direct line to ...
... top officials, as well as being powerful #lobbyists behind the scenes. This is not just a formal relationship, as was revealed by the release of hundreds of confidential emails between TPP negotiators and industry representatives, obtained under a ...
... Freedom of Information Act request. Negotiators privately discussed details of the proposed treaty with corporations when everyone else was denied information on the talks. It is not coincidental that many of the corporate #lobbyists were former trade officials.”
“the institutional architecture of #rentier #capitalism has created a fearsome edifice for siphoning income into the hands of the #plutocracy, an #elite receiving income from #capital, and some other favoured groups. ...
... None of this should occur if there were 'free markets’ or strong #democratic #systems that could change the #rules.”
#PlutOligarchy #FacaDemocracy #RulesBasedImperialism
#PlutOligarchy #FacaDemocracy #RulesBasedImperialism
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