#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #teaparty The Secret Trade Deals They Don’t Want You to Know About http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/07/04/the-secret-trade-deals-they-dont-want-you-to-know-about/ Fondest Dreams Come True? The financial industry has grown ever more powerful in recent decades, so perhaps the world’s governments believe it is only fitting that it has its own secret treaty. Similar to “free trade” agreements that curtail regulation of manufacturers, the Trade In Services Agreement’s Financial Services Annex, if passed, would eliminate the ability of governments to regulate the financial industry...