The foreign policy associations which thrive on tax exemptions—and forge the propaganda and intellectual framework for free-trade schemes—have put the pedal to the metal. These groups, taken together, form a kind of unofficial trans-legislative body that makes Congress look like a mere spectator by comparison. Today in Washington, the Atlantic Council, a close intellectual cousin of the insider group The Trilateral Commission, held a program at the Rayburn House Office Building on "The Transpacific Partnership and Asian Security." So, the agenda-driven Atlantic Council went right to Congress to push ahead on the Transpacific Partnership. If enacted this TPP, as it's known, would become history's largest free-trade and investment agreement. Meanwhile, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is under construction in Washington and other world capitals. This European Union-U.S. trade plan fosters the world structure favored by the shadowy Bilderberg group, and by the Atlantic Council and the Trilateral Commission. Known as "T-TIP" ["Tee-Tip"] for short, the plan reached the one-year mark this month in its preliminary development. A major concern among critics, including the Ohio-based Economy in Crisis group, is that, like NAFTA, these trade deals will harm the job prospects of the average citizen and forge monopolies that will put small businesses at a distinct disadvantage. Another concern, even among supporters, is that T-TIP will phase out generic prescription drugs and force consumers to buy only the most expensive medications. Many see NAFTA, now its 20th year, as a job-killer which sent too much manufacturing out of America. Yet to try and advance T-TIP, the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, or TACD, held an all-day conference Tuesday at Washington's Pew Charitable Trust. The TACD is directly funded by the European Commission, yet it fancies itself as being an objective participant in critiquing T-TIP. But as we determined for this exclusive report, the problem at the TACD program was that finishing T-TIP is a foregone conclusion and that it only needs to be massaged and sold to Americans. Yet, the United States Trade Representative office will conduct T-TIP negotiations between the U.S. and the 28-member EU largely in secret. A highly revealing admission at the TACD program came when Belgian TACD co-chair Monique Goyens stated: "T-TIP is much more than a trade agreement. It lays the foundation of a trans-Atlantic common market." That stunning statement suggested that T-TIP's intent is to make Europe and America part of one another—to literally integrate, not simply associate. Guyens also noted that the T-TIP plan to merge the regulatory functions of the EU and U.S. is unprecedented. She stated: "This concept of regulatory cooperation is totally new; it doesn't exist in any other trade agreements." Guyens added: "We're laying the foundations for a single market." Therefore "the regulatory sovereignty" of each nation has to decline. But the TACD is simply an associate of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. In its aggressive efforts to lobby U.S. states and cities to support T-TIP, this "EU in the U.S." lobby just reached the threshold of having visited all 50 U.S. states. This lobby operates at 2175 K. Street in Washington. It is led by Ambassador Vale de Almeida. On June 6, he wrapped up his outreach to every American state by visiting Cheyenne, Wyoming. So while the Atlantic Council works on Congress regarding the TPP, this EU delegation, in concert with TACD, is going to the grassroots to get state and local officials on board with T-TIP and contrive a groundswell that may seem genuine—but likely isn't. Support Indymedia! Donate USD: http://nnn.is/donate-dollars Donate BTC: http://nnn.is/donate-bitcoin Download your free Next News "Heroes & Villains" Poster here: http://nextnewsnetwork.com/the-2013-heroes-villains-posters LIVE: http://NextNewsNetwork.com Facebook: http://Facebook.com/NextNewsNet Twitter: http://Twitter.com/NextNewsNet Sub: http://NNN.is/the_new_media Meet the Next News Team: http://youtu.be/2QnNKwQ2WkY Hashtag: #N3 About: Next News Network's World News program airs daily at 6pm and 11pm Eastern on Comcast, DirecTV and Over-the-Air and Online at http://NNN.is/on- World News is available to 6 million viewers from South Beach to Sebastian, Florida and to 2 million viewers in Boston, Massachusetts via . broadcasts on RF channel 44 (virtual channel 9) from Palm City and is carried on cable TV channels 44 (SD) and 1044 (HD) by AT&T;, on cable channels 17 (SD) and 438 (HD) in West Palm Beach by Comcast, on satellite channel 44 (SD) in West Palm Beach by DIRECTV, and on -Boston which broadcasts on RF channel 38 (virtual channel 6) from the Government Center district in downtown Boston. More about : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ #DC

• published: 25 Jun 2014
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