Protest against Malaysia’s participation in Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations in Kuala Lumpur on July 19, 2013. (Photo: EPA/AZHAR RAHIM)As President Barack Obama prepares to embark on his fifth visit to the Asia-Pacific region, grassroots protests against U.S. efforts to ram through the Trans-Pacific trade deal and the U.S. military pivot to Asia are mounting on both sides of the Pacific.
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‘Corporate Colonialism’: Protesters Slam TPP, US Military ‘One-Two Punch’
Sarah Lazare
Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:10:46 GMT