Before Joe Biden has even claimed victory, Manfred Weber said on Twitter that EU should offer a new TTIP to Biden.
Now, if you want to read about TTIP you can read here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transa...nt_Partnership
The short version is that it is far-globalism. What people accuse globalism off? That's represented in the TTIP. I am a moderate nationalist (in the globalist-nationalist axis) and I am very wary of the TTIP and similar treaties. This has nothing to do with conspiracy theories, mind you.
If you want to read a decent article that defends CETA and TTIP while not shying away from the issues, I suggest you read this one: https://www.politico.eu/article/its-...sit-to-europe/
The short version is that the article tells us these supernational trade deals are not that bad as long as there's democratic control over them. (Yeah, right... I totally believe that is possible with the stupidity displayed by large parts of the electorates in EU, let alone the divided USA).
And who the heck is Weber? Well, he's a globalist EU-parliamentarian with a busy title and little power. Him proposing a new version of the TTIP was a surprise to me because Weber was not that Globalist in the past. He was a globalist, but moderate one that realized national interests should not be subjected to multinational companies that act like the Iron Bank of Westeros. I guess money talks. Screw you Weber.
Now, why I am very wary of the TTIP:
- I want less integration of world economies, not more. If USA's economy or Germany's economy coughs, we should not all be pulled down as a result. USA and Germany would jump back up while we gather the pieces on the ground.
NOTE: Still I want us to try and contain the move-to-China. Work together even at a cost to keep the factories in the Western World instead of having China and India become the world's manufactures. I don't think a world where the West is mainly services and research and the East is mainly manufacture while Africa/South America are mainly mining/agriculture.
- More importantly, I don't want ####ing multinationals having powers over the world countries. We don't elect the shareholders of a company. I am rightwing. I want separation of business and state! I don't want multinationals dragging the countries to court because X regulation costs them money.
It has been kinda-removed, but it may be back and I am certain the multinationals are working to put some back channels that allow them to strong-arm national governments against the interests of the electorate.
- As important to me is the shady, classified form of this piece of poop. No Transparency in what would be the biggest trade deal in history? With long-lasting effects? Hell no. We don't even know what clauses are there to LEAVE the TTIP.
- Another big issue for me is that TTIP goes over national standards. USA has few regulations on businesses and allows anything on their shelves unless it is proven to be bad. Most countries of the EU have more regulations and don't allow something on the shelves unless it is proven to be safe.
Both approaches (including variations of the above in different countries) work for them. TTIP would go right over them and enforce the standards they want. That hurts both EU and USA and has been debated and protested against.
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That said, with Bidet as a PotUS and Merkel/Macron on the wheel of the EU while Italy and Spain (a lot of resistance towards the TTIP) are locked down it is expected some new form of TTIP will show up.
My questions are more or less along the lines of:
- What avenues are there to stop new-TTIP or at least limit it? Vote for nationalists or far-leftwings? Does it HAVE to go there? As an anti-globalist are my only options far right or far left extremists? REALLY???
- Can the Republican senate do something to block Biden from doing that historical trade crime? Can the Republican Representatives along with the few socialist democrat representatives block the new TTIP? Do the anti-globalists have the numbers in the USA legal branch?
If there is one thing that I would agree with Sanders and AOC is their fierce resistance to the TTIP. Socialists in Europe don't have any power and the nationalists are losing power and influence.
The socialists in USA are an important, rebellious and influential part of the Democrats. And since the democrats have gained a sliiight upper hand, perhaps they cannot afford to ignore the "Rebellious teenagers that want to piss off their parents and think they know everything at 16 years old" = leftwings in their midst.
It has come to a time that I look forward to ANTIFA and Proud Boys working together to stop TTIP from the other side of the Atlantic.
I strongly dislike BOTH of these groups. I consider them very very bad for democracy.
And now they're democracy's gatekeepers. Smelly, stupid and irrational gatekeepers. But here we are.