TPP is surest way to make Thailand a US colony

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2015
TPP is surest way to make Thailand a US colony

Re: “Bitter medicine for Thailand in TPP trade deal”, Letters, December 17.

A Johnsen is quite right to warn us about the Trans Pacific Partnership. Unfortunately expensive medicine is only a small part of the deception this abhorrent trade deal is pushing on nations, where it will benefit mostly politicians and giant companies. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are by far the biggest threat with the TPP because it has been scientifically proven that they are bad for health and infect nearby crops. Under the rules of the TPP, farmers with infected crops will be compelled to pay royalties to Monsanto and be subjected to the US legal system. I fear that, if reforms are not properly implemented, the next government will rush to sign this deal with the US, which will effectively turn Thailand into a colony of the United States.
Clara Holzer