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_"Why Is The U.S. Desperate To OK Slavery In Malaysia?"_
"The provision, which bars countries that engage in slavery from being part of major trade deals with the U.S., was written by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.). At the insistence of the White House, Menendez agreed to modify his language to say that as long as a country is taking "concrete" steps toward reducing human trafficking and forced labor, it can be part of a trade deal."
There was a very sad case of a young woman, who thought she was getting a housekeeping job but was instead held as an unpaid slave for years. (The two countries were Malaysia and Indonesia but I don't remember which is the one that keeps slaves.) It would have gone unnoticed when the young woman was finally beaten and starved to death, but the "owner" was in the U.S. for some reason at the time. U.S. authorities were trying to charge her with murder but there was a lot of push-back to "not make it an international incident" and just let the woman go home.
I'll have to find that story again to see how it turned out.
There's waaaaay too much slavery still alive and well in other countries.
You are aware it was the Republicans are the ones that helped push this through. Without them, this would never have passed Congress.
That's a bit of a cop out and deflection. The US has a number of pieces of law that dissolve or prohibit trade agreements with countries classified as slave states. I'm pretty sure that not all of the GOP representatives and Senators were au fait with the list of tier 3 slave states, but rely on the established law to prevent such a mistake being made.
However the push to permit Malaysia to be a treaty signatory (even with it's tier 3 status) isn't on the house or senate, but the executive (and it may not even be Obama personally, but the executive buck stops with him). Here's the quote straight off the HuffPo
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Yes, really, slavery: the Senate voted for an amendment that would make it more difficult for countries that engage in slavery to be in the TPP, and the Obama administration objected.
So this isn't on the senate, or the house, but on the executive.
You are aware it was the Republicans are the ones that helped push this through. Without them, this would never have passed Congress.
Everyone is aware, and that's because they're for big business.
But at least some of them actually want to do something about the border, unlike the Obama administration and followers who want to just let everyone over, including criminals involved in the sex trade. Whine about a stupid flag and events from long past while ignoring modern-day slavery...
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Originally Posted by Gungnir
That's a bit of a cop out and deflection. The US has a number of pieces of law that dissolve or prohibit trade agreements with countries classified as slave states. I'm pretty sure that not all of the GOP representatives and Senators were au fait with the list of tier 3 slave states, but rely on the established law to prevent such a mistake being made.
However the push to permit Malaysia to be a treaty signatory (even with it's tier 3 status) isn't on the house or senate, but the executive (and it may not even be Obama personally, but the executive buck stops with him). Here's the quote straight off the HuffPo
So this isn't on the senate, or the house, but on the executive.
_"Why Is The U.S. Desperate To OK Slavery In Malaysia?"_
"The provision, which bars countries that engage in slavery from being part of major trade deals with the U.S., was written by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.). At the insistence of the White House, Menendez agreed to modify his language to say that as long as a country is taking "concrete" steps toward reducing human trafficking and forced labor, it can be part of a trade deal."
And the progressive left still insists it's qualified to pick your president.
I really which all of your threads didn't involve a 'blame the left' sort of mentality. You'd make better points if they weren't constantly being overshadowed with partisan child splay.
I will say you're title is misleading a little bit. Saying 'take concrete steps to addressing the problem' is still not as bad as just allowing it to happen.
With that said, the TTP is a monstrosity and almost as vile and corrupted as the PATRIOT Act. It's no different than the other trade deals, which are nothing but the result of multinational corporations bullying the political system into getting what they want. And while Obama is spearheading this project, I would say it's not an issue that falls within the area of partisan belief. The Democrats and Republicans are on the same team with this one. There are outliers in both parties, like Bernie and Rand, who are speaking out against it, the line dividing the too parties is more fictional than ideological. They have to pretend there's a battle so we feel like they're representing us; but they represent themselves.
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