How Corporate “Free” Trade Treaties Threaten Local Communities And Economies Worldwide

By Brian Emerson, originally published by Local Bites

January 16, 2014

NOTE: Images in this archived article have been removed.

Image RemovedIn this episode host Brian Emerson interviews Helena Norberg-Hodge on how "free" trade treaties undermine local communities, economies and democracies around the world, and why localists need to join the global resistance against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA, also known as TTIP). Norberg-Hodge ends her interview by suggesting an alternative international framework for supporting more democratic, localized solutions to global problems.

Signing teaser image via shutterstock. Reproduced at Resilience.org with permission.

Brian Emerson

Tags: local economies, localised economies, relocalization, TPP

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