Showing posts with label Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

We are NOT a US colony! PM Abe strongly condemned for announcing participation in TPP negotiations


On March 15, 2013, hundreds of people protested in front of the Parliament Building and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry against Japan’s Prime Minister Abe’s announcement to participate in the opaque and undemocratic TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) negotiations despite his party’s lower house election pledge not to do so unless certain conditions are satisfied. Many of the demonstrators were young and expressed their anger, saying, “Japan will become a US colony”. The TPP will negatively affect not only agriculture but also healthcare, food, insurance and copyrights in Japan. UCHIDA Shoko, who “sneaked into” the venue of the TPP negotiation held in Singapore in the same month, exposed, “A US negotiator clearly said that it is impossible for Japan to overturn anything that has been decided”. Some US multinational corporations, such as Fedex, Google and pharmaceutical companies, joined the negotiation to collect some information, making her “feel the negotiation process is controlled by such US multinationals”. (M)
 

アメリカの植民地はごめんだ!~安倍首相のTPP交渉参加表明に強い抗議

 

安倍首相が自民公約を破ってTPP交渉参加を表明した3月15日、国会前や経産省前では、夜遅くまで数百人の市民が抗議の声を上げた。「このままでは日本はアメリカの植民地になる」。若い人が多く、コールに込めた怒りは強かった。TPPが農業問題だけではなく、医療・食品・保険・著作権などあらゆる分野に及ぶことへの危機感が広がっていた。3月のシンガポールTPP交渉会場に「潜入」した内田聖子さんは「アメリカの交渉官が他の国々に対して、日本が参加してきてもこれまで決まったことは覆すことはさせない、と明言した」ことを暴露した。また交渉会場には、フェデックス、グーグル、製薬会社大手など米企業が来て情報収集をしており、「まさにアメリカ大企業が支配していることが実感できた」と報告した。(M) 

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Labornet TV features TPP Gains only for the 1%


The 21st broadcast of Labornet TV on October 20 featured the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. The title of the special feature was “What is TPP? You will be a prey to the eagle if you don’t know” and the guest speakers were journalist, ONO Kazuoki and doctor, HONDA Hiroshi. Ono pointed out that “it is dangerous to let the market rule everything.” Showing charts, he said that “the people who are going to gain from TPP are senior bureaucrats and managers of big corporations and they are only 1% of the population. 99% of the people are going to lose and they are the unemployed, farmers, fisher folks, contingent workers, small and medium sized enterprises and people who want to defend their health and natural environment.” Doctor Honda said, “TPP would destroy the health care system which is already endangered. Only the rich would be able to receive good health care. Most of the people would be not able to get the health care they are getting now. TPP would become superior to domestic laws and the Constitution will disappear.” The staff members and audience in the studio were terrified by this remark. (M)
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得する人は1% 損する人は99%~「レイバーネットTV」でTPP問題を特集

10月20日のレイバーネットTV第21号放送では、いま話題のTPPを取り上げた。特集タイトルは「TPPってなに? 知らないうちにハゲタカの餌食」で、ジャーナリストの大野和興さんと医者の本田宏さんがゲストだった。大野さんは、「TPPで得する人は1%の高級官僚・大企業経営者・幹部だけ。損する人は99%で失業者・農民・漁民・非正規労働者・中小企業者・自然や健康を守りたい人などほとんどの国民」とグラフで示し、「すべてを市場にまかせることの危うさ」を指摘した。本田さんは「いまでも医療が崩壊しているのにTPPで壊滅してしまう。お金をもっている人だけがいい医療が受けられる。しかし、大部分の人は今までの医療も受けられなくなる」と語った。また「TPPは国内法より上になる。憲法はなくなる」との解説にスタジオも青くなった。アーカイブでご覧ください。(M) アーカイブ視聴(86分)