Publish Date:
April 3, 2016
Summary:
Joseph Stiglitz is calling on Canada to push for renegotiating the treaty. Here are some tools to keep the pressure on.
On April 1, Nobel winning economist Joseph Stiglitzy spoke at Ottawa University on a panel called Making Sense of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. During his remarks he said the Trans-Pacific Partnership may well be the worst trade agreement ever negotiated. He has recommended that Canada use its influence to begin a renegotiation of TPP to make it an agreement that advances the interests of Canadian citizens and not just the large corporations. Here is a full recording of the panel.