THE TPP
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Huge news: The final TPP text has just been released to the public.
And just as we thought, it's full of giveaways for big business.
To go into effect, the deal must be ratified by legislatures in countries that include Canada, the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand. If we can convince even one of those countries not to ratify, the deal could be dead -- but we're really running out of time.
SumOfUs is one of the only organizations in the world with enough global reach to launch and support campaigns everywhere where widespread opposition to the TPP exists. We need your help to make opposition to this deal as strong as we possibly can. Will you chip in to help stop the TPP?
It's absolutely astonishing that a deal this huge would be negotiated entirely in secret.
792 million people live in countries that are party to this deal, yet this is the first any of us have officially been able to see the full text. And in keeping with the secrecy of the deal, the text was released at midnight in New Zealand when they thought most of the world wouldn't notice.
We don't think you should need a law degree to make sense of the deal that will affect every single one of us.
So we need to make sure the public knows that this deal will drive up drug costs, weaken workers' rights, and put corporations on the same level as sovereign nations, able to sue in special TPP courts to overturn protections for consumers and the environment.
If you chip in today, here’s just some of what we’ll be able to do together:
- Create easy-to-understand, sharable explanations of what's wrong with the TPP to share on social media.
- Work across party lines to get conservatives and progressives who oppose the deal working together. For instance, in the U.S., top candidates in both parties have come out against the TPP, putting enormous pressure on Congress to say no.
- Target MPs who are up for reelection in Australia and New Zealand and Canada's new government.
The TPP has never been so close to becoming a reality, but we can still stop it if we all pitch in. Will you donate today?
Thanks for all that you do,
Paul and the rest of the SumOfUs team
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More Information:
Text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 5 November 2015
The full TPP text was just released -- and just as we thought, it's not great news for us. It also means the clock is ticking -- we need the resources to turn up opposition to this deal, and quickly.
Will you chip in to support the major international campaign to stop it from being ratified?
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