The GreenplanetFM Podcast with Tim Lynch

Rebuilding the decimated democracy - values as compass points. Countering TPP and ugly sisters RCEP and TiSA - secret pacts to undermine the democracy. TPP hangs in the balance. The public opposition has been ignored by the government as it rushed to cement the TPP into the New Zealand Rulebook. We await the attitude of the US President and Congress to cast the die. Will Trump allow congress to trump his campaign promise to stop TPP? We cannot wait passively as our government is negotiating more of these corporate rights treaties; RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) and TiSA (Trade in Services Agreement). RCEP is between the Asian economies led by China and India including Australia and ourselves. It has similar content as TPP and is negotiated in anti-democratic secrecy. Civil society is not informed until a final agreement is reached between the governments. TiSA is between the advanced economies and encompasses services. See Wikileaks for leaked TiSA chapters which are about deregulating fin