TRADE unionists warned yesterday of the deleterious effect on workers’ rights and health from the Pacific trade pact set to be signed in New Zealand today.
Leaders of the 12 Pacific nations negotiating the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) will meet in the capital Auckland to sign the 5,000-page document — negotiated in secret over the past seven years.
Protests by trade unionists, environmentalists and consumer groups against the pact are planned worldwide.
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As the dollar falters and US power turns predatory, Britain and Europe must abandon transatlantic illusions and build a collectivist alternative before the system implodes, writes ALAN SIMPSON
Politicians who continue to welcome contracts with US companies without considering the risks and consequences of total dependency in the years to come are undermining the raison d’etre of the NHS, argues Dr JOHN PUNTIS
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT


