Last year in Paris a bunch of guys in suits met secretly to draft a document they called 'the constitution of a single global economy.' We called it 'NAFTA on steroids'-a stealth, ONE WORLD, WDI plan for a rogue world government. Their scheme was so butt- ugly that it couldn't stand the light of day, and thanks to grass- roots exposure and agitation, the suits have had to back away from any direct presentation of their 11 global constitution,' which they called the Multilateral Agreement on Investments (MAI).
But this doesn't mean the MAI has gone away-it's just gone undercover. The new scheme by the global go-getters is to try slipping every single provision of the MAI into other trade agreements, using the World Trade Organization as their crowbar.
Who's doing this to us? The Clinton Administration for one, with the full backing of the GOP congressional leadership. With trade officials from the 28 other wealthiest nations on the globe, the U.S. Trade Representative negotiated for two years on this stinker. They were so secretive that U.S. Senators were completely in the dark until listeners to my Chat & Chew radio show got @radio-active' on the issue early last year and began calling them. The media was equally clueless. But the trade negotiators were not alone in Paris. With them in the drafting sessions were Exxon, Nestl6, GM, Chase Manhattan, Credit Suisse, ADM, Nippon, Goldman Sachs, BP and the other global' giants that now proudly call themselves "transnational."
These corporations believe that nation-states are out of date—that global investors should reign supreme, meaning whoever has access to lots of money, ought to be freed from pesky government rules and regulations. The MAI is their idea, they were the force behind the surreptitious negotiations in Paris ... and they continue to push it today in their new shell game of "hide the MAI."
Okay, so what's it mean to us? One example: they want to ban any government anywhere from making investment rules that protect the economic, environmental and social needs of people. (See box at right.)
Here's how things will look in the Brave New World these big businessmen are creating:
[bullet] No city or state could give priority to buying it's products from local suppliers or buying only Made-in-The USA goods, since foreign corporations could challenge such action as an infringement on their "free trade' rights.
[bullet] No government can ban beef injected with hormones, grain produced with genetically-altered seed, veggies sprayed with pesticides-no matter what local consumers prefer.
[bullet] No government will be able to ban the importation of a product because of how it was made even if it's carpets woven by children, toys made in China by prisoners in slave labor conditions, tuna caught with nets that entrap dolphins or lumber gathered by clearcutting rainforests.
[bullet] And if slave labor is OK, forge about protecting unions or workers' rights! That's just another plot to inhibit "free trade!"
[bullet] There will be no political restrictions allowed on investments, such as the bans on investing in South Africa which helped to dismantle apartheid there. ... [ read more ]
What the hell's happening here? Why is my bank in the tank? And my house and job? And my retirement money? Even my state's teetering on the brink of broke! Who did this to us? Fair questions, but we're not getting honest answers. 
