Why Is The U.S. Desperate To OK Slavery In Malaysia?

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WASHINGTON -- On Friday night, in an impressive display of dysfunction, the U.S. Senate approved a controversial trade bill with a provision that the White House, Senate leadership and the author of the language himself wanted taken out. The provision, which bars countries that engage in slavery from being part of major trade deals with the U.S ...

Malaysia's Trafficking-Related Barrier to TPP Suddenly Vanishes

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The lack of evidence that Malaysia has taken steps against slavery raises the possibility that the decision was made for purely political reasons. David Dayen July 27 2015, 3:14 p.m.

Obama Shrugs Off Global Slavery To Protect Trade Deal

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Hundreds of Democrats and a handful of Republicans had previously urged the State Department to maintain Malaysia's ranking as a "Tier 3" human trafficking violator. For years, the Malaysian government has largely turned a blind eye to sex slavery involving men, women and children. Forced labor is rampant in several sectors of the country's economy, particularly the electronics industry.

Malaysia pledges to tackle forced labor after US downgrade

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's government pledged Monday to take steps to eliminate forced labor after the country was downgraded by the U.S. to the worst level in an annual report on human trafficking. ... Trafficking in Persons" report, released July 2, cited the coronavirus pandemic as contributing to a surge in human slavery ...

The Latest Hurdle for a Rotten Trade Deal: Malaysia, the TPP ... - Truthout

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Malaysia's location makes it a critically important signatory to the TPP, but its human rights record presents a challenge.

Obama's Trade Deal Is Tangled In The Intricate Web Of Malaysia's ...

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's push for legislation that would enable the U.S. to strike a major trade deal with 11 other countries has gotten tangled in a debate over Malaysia's record on slave labor, throwing up a last-minute legislative obstacle. Inconveniently for backers of the trade deal, a full-blown humanitarian crisis is erupting in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Myanmar ...

How Obama's trade deal could be changed to stop slavery - MSNBC

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Rights groups condemn Malaysia's human-trafficking upgrade 'to ease TPP'

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The United States upgraded Malaysia in an annual report on human trafficking on Monday desp... Sunday 03 Mar 2024. Home; By (July 29): Human rights groups have roundly criticised Malaysia's upgrade to the so-called "Tier 2 Watch List" status from Tier 3 in the annual report on human trafficking, reports the BBC today.

US senator wants Malaysia out of TPP over human trafficking

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WASHINGTON: A US senator says Malaysia must be kept out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership due to its "abysmal slavery record", the Huffington Post reported yesterday. According to the report, Democratic Senator Robert Menendez had previously worked with US President Barack Obama to allow...

Obama accepts Malaysia slavery in order to seal TPP deal

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"The deplorable human trafficking crisis in Malaysia merits a global cry for action and justice, not an attempt to sweep it under the rug for political expediency." But the Obama administration and Republican leaders in Congress have been trying to dilute Menendez's proposed limits, arguing that the US is unable to press for improved labor ...

Smoothing way for TPP, Obama upgrades Malaysia on slavery

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The following, written by Charlie Fanning, is from AFL-CIO Now: WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 28, 2015) — On Monday, the Obama administration made the deplorable decision to upgrade Malaysia — a major player in the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement — on its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. This clearly political decision undermines […]

Malaysia with The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Aftermath of The ...

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Does Malaysia need to amend the current set of labour laws with the application of TPP-11 and CPTPP or should Malaysia maintain the existing labour framework? Introduction. Following decades of negotiations, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as an international trade agreement among its member states was concluded on 5th October 2015.

U.S. Lowers Trafficking Standards To Let Malaysia In TPP - Shadowproof

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TPP: White House Responds To Malaysia's Slavery Problem By Lowering Standards Shadowproof has ceased publication as of December 14, 2023. Thank you to everyone who read and supported our work ...

Ignoring Modern Day Slavery to Advance the TPP - Citizens Trade Campaign

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The Obama administration is planning to upgrade Malaysia's status in a forthcoming human trafficking report in order to ease its entry into the TPP Biden's Support for TRIPS Waiver "Unquestionably the Right Thing to Do"

Malaysia's inclusion in TPP agreement depends on consensus TPP-11 — MITI

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09 Nov 2017, 06:16 pm. KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 9): The final decision on whether or not Malaysia will take part in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement following the United States' withdrawal from the trade deal, will depend on the consensus of the 11 remaining TPP countries (TPP-11), the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI ...

Malaysia, the Malacca Straits, Slavery and TPP

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An article in the Huffington Post (May 26, 2015) titled "Why the US is Desperate to OK Slavery in Malaysia", describes the logistical importance of the Strait of Malacca located between Malaysia and Indonesia and through which 60% of global trade passes. ... But inclusion of Malaysia in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) requires its ...

Statement from ATEST on Possible Malaysia Upgrade in the 2015 TIP ...

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In response to press reports that the U.S. State Department will upgrade Malaysia on the 2015 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, Melysa Sperber, Director of the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) said: "If Malaysia is upgraded from Tier 3, the United States will have sold out victims of human trafficking.

Did The Administration Offer New Balance A Big Contract For TPP Silence ...

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Malaysia violates human rights by enabling human trafficking. Malaysia is a TPP country. So the administration solved the problem by declaring that Malaysia doesn't do that after all, even though they do. Last year's post "Obama Administration Makes Malaysia Slavery Problem For TPP Disappear"explains:

TPPA will enslave Malaysia's poor, say groups

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will enslave Malaysia's poor to corporate America, claimed some 150 protesters outside Parliament House yesterday. "The parliamentarians are sleeping or Parliament is dead," said Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) national chairman Dr Nasir Hashim, leading the protest against the 18th round of TPPA negotiations in Kota Kinabalu which ...

TPP Reduces Human Trafficking and Child Labor to Misdemeanors - HuffPost

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TPP Reduces Human Trafficking and Child Labor to Misdemeanors. Last week, President Obama's credibility on trade policy took another punch in the neck. For months, arguments in favor of the huge new trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership have fallen flat with the public. His "hit parade of failed arguments" gives the deal an air of desperation.

Obama accepts Malaysia slavery in order to seal TPP deal

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World Obama accepts Malaysia slavery in order to seal TPP deal. By. Brett Wilkins. Published. July 9, 2015

Is the TPP Okay With Slavery? Really? | HuffPost Latest News

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Yes, really, slavery: the Senate voted for an amendment that would make it more difficult for countries that engage in slavery to be in the TPP, and the Obama administration objected. This is bizarre stuff, folks, but welcome to the world of international trade deals. From Ryan Grim's article the day Fast Track was passed, about the amendment ...
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