October 30, 2019
Categories: Human Rights, Politics, Slavery, Sovereignty, United States
Tags: labor standards, wages
Objectively, paying Haitian workers less than US$0.50/hour has produced slums and squalor. The US foreign policy to promote US corporate interests as a matter of national security has undermined Haitian sovereignty and supported a culture of labor exploitation. The aftermath of these policies is also domestic servitude. Conveniently there is a narrative that wants to […]
January 6, 2016
Categories: Africa
Tags: africa, export, labor standards, trade
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement that was concluded on October 5, 2015. Comprising 12 countries including the United States, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Chile, TPP countries represent 40 percent of global GDP, 25 percent of global exports, and 30 percent of global imports. The U.S. is also negotiating with the European Union […]