Comments on: Secret Trade Pact Between U.S., Europe Could Permit Foreign Ownership of Hazardous Facilities

By: Discount Louis Vuitton

Discount Louis Vuitton — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:58:29 +0000

state and local authorities that regulate LNG facilities before entering into the secret EU agreement and didn’t inform them of the change after the agreement was reached nearly a year and a half ago.

By: louis vuitton

louis vuitton — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:34:23 +0000

And what investor would put up the millions needed to try to site a LNG terminal, for example, in reliance on Bush secret rules supported by Bush team legal opinions where unveiling those in a public setting would set off the political equivalent of a nuclear device?

By: Topics about Energy » Archive » Secret Trade Pact Between U.S., Europe Could Permit Foreign Ownership of Hazardous Facilities

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:30:42 +0000

[...] The Washington Independent created an interesting post today on Secret Trade Pact Between U.S., Europe Could Permit Foreign Ownership of Hazardous FacilitiesHere’s a short outlineThe Office of the U.S. Trade Representative under the Bush administration struck a secret deal with the European Union that could open the door for foreign ownership of liquefied natural gas terminals and other dangerous chemical and energy facilities. The agreement could also create conditions in which federal, state and local regulations affecting those facilities could be challenged as barriers to international trade. Details of the negotiations came to light after a Freedom of Information [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:04:17 +0000

This has got to be an April Fool's joke, offered up a day late. How is it possible to have secret trade rules? Isn't the point of trade rules that they guide trade, and are therefore public. It isn't just that responsible legal scholars have strongly rebutted the Bush/Cheney claims for secrecy, in this case secrecy could not reasonably be expected to survive the rule's first attempt to be used. And what investor would put up the millions needed to try to site a LNG terminal, for example, in reliance on Bush secret rules supported by Bush team legal opinions where unveiling those in a public setting would set off the political equivalent of a nuclear device?

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:04:17 +0000