Moyers & Company The Top Secret Trade Deal You Need to Know About (Season 2, Episode 43)
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TV Episode | 26 min | News, Talk-Show

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Moyers & Company

The Top Secret Trade Deal You Need to Know About (Season 2, Episode 43)

TV-G

TV Episode | 26 min | News, Talk-Show

You may remember how in the ?90?s the Clinton Administration talked us into NAFTA ? the North American Free Trade Agreement -- with the promise of jobs and cheaper goods. According to economist Dean Baker, in the end, NAFTA wound up ...See moreYou may remember how in the ?90?s the Clinton Administration talked us into NAFTA ? the North American Free Trade Agreement -- with the promise of jobs and cheaper goods. According to economist Dean Baker, in the end, NAFTA wound up helping corporations and didn't do much for American workers. In fact, there are economists who say that in the United States, NAFTA cost nearly a million jobs. Now, there?s another trade deal in the works that?s even bigger ? ?NAFTA on steroids? as some describe it. The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a coalition of North and South American and Asian trading partners that many believe could give multinational corporations even greater freedom to ignore borders and run roughshod over individual countries and the rule of law. At least that?s what it may be about ? negotiations are being carried on in secret and very little about the terms has leaked out. But enough is known to worry about the implications of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its possible effect on trade unions and our copyright and patent laws, not to mention environmental, health and safety regulations.Bill Moyers discusses the Trans-Pacific Partnership with two perceptive observers of the global economy: Yves Smith, an expert on investment banking, runs the Naked Capitalism blog, a go-to site for information and insight on the business and ethics of finance; and Dean Baker, co-director of the progressive Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. Also on this week?s broadcast, a preview of filmmaker Robert Greenwald?s new documentary, Unmanned: America?s Drone Wars. The release coincided with a first: victims of deadly drone attacks testified at a special briefing for members of Congress. This episode features clips from the film, which shares testimony, stories, and alarming news on the fatal impact of our drone strategy. Written by Anonymous See less

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Bill Moyers Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Bill Moyers' Journal (1972)
Yves Smith Self Self See fewer	Bailout (2012)
Dean Baker Self Self See fewer	Owned & Operated (2012)
Max Baucus Self (archive footage) (as Sen. Max Baucus) Self (archive footage) (as Sen. Max Baucus) See fewer	America: From Hitler to M-X (1982)
John Boehner Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (1953)
Blanche Lincoln Self (archive footage) (as Sen. Blanche Lincoln) Self (archive footage) (as Sen. Blanche Lincoln) See fewer	Fuel (2008)
David McKinley Self (archive footage) (as Rep. David McKinley) Self (archive footage) (as Rep. David McKinley) See fewer	Decision Makers (2005)
Barack Obama Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Leave the World Behind (2023)
Ross Perot Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	This Week (1956)
Kathleen Sebelius Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Greensburg: Relive the Most Destructive Tornado in History (2008)
Marilyn Tavenner Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer