US News Republicans are pushing back on Biden’s plan to retire the B83 nuclear weapon. [Link] The Biden administration pauses plans to roll out a disinformation board. [Link] Pentagon Press Sec John Kirby is moving to the White House National Security Council. [Link] Russia Turkey blocks the start of talks for NATO membership for Finland and Sweden. [Link] Turkey says its opposition to membership is firm. [Link] NATO believes all members will quickly approve of the two Nordic states joining. [Link] Finland says it will not host nuclear weapons or NATO bases. [Link] Activists who support...
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News Roundup 5/14/19
US News Attorney General Barr opens an investigation into the origins of the investigations into the Trump campaign. [Link] The CBO says the Space Force will cost $3 billion upfront and $1.3 billion each year. [Link] Julian Assange Elizabeth Vos explains the importance of the Afghan War Logs. [Link] Sweden reopens the rape investigation into Julian Assange and will seek to extradite him. [Link] World News A meeting between NPT members ends with deep divides. [Link] BRICS are doing more business without using the dollar. [Link] India/Pakistan The Islamic State claims to have an affiliate...
The TPP is not dead: It lives on in the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA)
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. While many are still breathing a sigh of relief that President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, some are noting that the world is nowhere near out of the woods yet. There’s another deal being negotiated right now, and this one may be even scarier than TPP. And like the TPP, it’s been quietly cobbled together behind closed doors for years. The Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), which governments began crafting in 2012, represents 50 participating countries...
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