TRANSPACIFIC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COME TO SAN DIEGO

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July 2, 2012 (San Diego) -- The 13th round of negotiations for the TransPacific Trade Negotiations (TTP) is being held in San Diego at the Bayfront Hilton Hotel. This treaty will expand free trade across the Pacific Rim.

The proposal is supported by business groups, but has drawn sharp criticism from labor, health experts and other groups.

What is a free trade agreement? According to Professor Hisham Foad of the San Diego State University Economics Department "A free trade agreement is a treaty between two or more countries covering how trade in goods and services will be treated. In its simplest form, imported goods are treated identically to domestically produced goods within the free trade zone." As Foad pointed out in an e-mail to ECM, ideally this leads to the closest possible trade conditions among partners, leveling competition and trade between nations.

http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/10263

Let me add some photos from the demonstration...