Tell Labor to block the dead TPP

Posted by clare on Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Even though the TPP is dead without the support of the United States, PM Turnbull wants to push ahead with a vote on its implementing legislation in the Australian Parliament.

Labor, the Greens and the Nick Xenophon Team have all declared they won’t support the dead TPP. But Labor said [1] it will decide about the implementing legislation when and if it is introduced to Parliament.

Will you ask Labor to commit to reject the TPP?

Labor has criticised the TPP as risky and harmful to Australia’s interests [2]because it will mean stronger monopolies and higher prices for medicines, special rights for global corporations to sue governments over health and environment laws and more temporary migrant workers without testing if local workers are available.

Ask Labor trade spokesperson Jason Clare to publicly commit to VOTE NO to the TPP.

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Dear Mr Clare,

Thank you for your recent media commentary condemning Malcolm Turnbull’s decision to try to proceed with the TPP’s implementing legislation in the Australian Parliament, despite the fact that the TPP cannot go ahead without the support of the US.

However, you also confirmed that the Labor party is yet to decide how it will vote if the TPP legislation is introduced to Parliament.

Like many Australians I am extremely concerned about the TPP because of its damaging clauses on medicine monopolies, corporate rights to sue governments and more temporary workers vulnerable to exploitation, which would be bad for health, human rights and the environment.

I urge the Labor Party to take a strong stand against the TPP’s unfair corporate agenda and make the decision to vote no to the TPP.

By voting no to the TPP, the Labor party would not only be stopping the futile ratification of a dead deal but also standing up for fairer trade deals in the future. This includes rejecting using the flawed TPP as a model for future trade agreements such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

Yours sincerely

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