TPP not compatable with UN Sustainable goals

Not long before the Trans Pacific Partnership text was released, the UN unveiled it's list of "Sustainable Goals". These goals are forward thinking and in the interests of social equality and sustainability.

Needless to say the TPP agreement isn't compatible with the UN's sustainable goals. It shows the TPP is an outdated document, unimaginative in that it's a corporate wish list on how to screw us all for more money, rather than a forward thinging document that has the benefit of mankind at heart.

This month’s long-awaited release of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) text was the result of years of negotiations on trade ties between nations around the Pacific Rim.

Some six weeks earlier, another set of deliberations came to an end as the United Nations unveiled its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality by addressing critical issues such as food security, health care, access to education, clean and affordable water, clean energy, and climate action.

Unfortunately, the two documents are incompatible. Several chapters of the TPP impinge upon the SDGs, potentially undermining the UN’s efforts to promote sustainable development and equality throughout the Pacific region. Moreover, many developing countries, least-developed countries, and small island states in the Pacific region are excluded from the preferential trade deal. The Conversation

The UN's list of sustainable goals are thus:  

• End poverty in all its forms everywhere 
• End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture 
• Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages 
• Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 
• Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls 
• Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all 
• Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all 
• Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all 
• Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation 
• Reduce inequality within and among countries 
• Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 
• Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns 
• Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts 
• Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development 
• Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss 
• Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
• Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development UN