TPP-Approved: Japanese PM Abe Hints UK Potential for Global Trade Alliance

Despite the dangers of a no-deal Brexit, Japan's prime minister expressed optimism on Friday about new trading prospects for the United Kingdom via the 'new' Trans-Pacific Partnership as a potential conduit for economic cooperation.

Despite losing its position as a conduit to Europe after Brexit, the UK would still be a country "equipped with global strength" and welcomed into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with 'open arms' after leaving the EU, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe told the Financial Times on Friday.

"I hope that both sides can contribute their wisdom and at least avoid a so-called disorderly Brexit," Abe said, adding that a transitional period was vital for Japanese companies and hoping that "the negative impact of Brexit to the global economy, including Japanese businesses" would be minimized.

Abe's comments offer the UK fresh prospects for trade deals outside the EU single market, which it is set to leave in March 2019. Britain can only join the TPP if it leaves the EU bloc and sets its own tariffs, the BBC reported.

To date, over 800 Japanese businesses employing 100,000 people operate in the United Kingdom. However, electronics giant Panasonic stated it would relocate its headquarters from Bracknell to Amsterdam and Nissan stated that there would be 'serious' consequences for a no-deal Brexit.

The TPP was a trade deal inked between 12 countries, including Canada, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, and Mexico and the United States. However, the US withdrew from the agreement in January 2017, forcing the remaining participants to continue under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP or TPP-11).

The UK's could potentially fill this vacuum alongside other global powers such as China if handled with care and finesse. There are many viable opportunities the UK could strike after leaving the EU, which rely on the competence of British leaders and multilateral trading strategy set hereafter.

Several Possibilities: Commonwealth, Japan, China, Turkey

Sputnik spoke with Independent MEP Janice Atkinson in July on a possible no-deal scenario, who asserted that most of the world will trade outside the EU, with "93% in 10 years' time". Atkinson's observations coincide with Shinzo Abe's comments, stating that Australia and New Zealand were also interested in having the United Kingdom join the Transpacific Partnership in order to trade with Japan under lower tariff schemes.

https://sputniknews.com/europe/201810081068704692-uk-japan-abe-interview/

Bombshell: Environmental activism groups operating in the USA may actually be front groups run by communist China

Congressional Republicans are working hard to get to the bottom of what appears to be a major scandal that could forever taint the reputation of so-called “environmentalist” groups operating in the United States.

As reported by The Daily Caller, a number of big names in environmentalism would seem to be working on behalf of the communist Chinese government, using environmental protection and “Save Endangered Species!” rallies as cover for a sinister, anti-American agenda.

Republicans from the House Committee on Natural Resources reportedly sent their fourth letter to an environmental group known as Earthjustice that evidence suggests has direct ties to foreign governments, including that of China.

Because Earthjustice has been actively involved in trying to stop the U.S. from establishing a military presence in the city of Okinawa, Japan, claiming that the site of the proposed base would harm the “dugong,” an endangered marine mammal, House Republicans say that Earthjustice needs to register as a foreign agent.

“The Committee is concerned that your organization’s political activities within the United States in opposition to the relocation of [Marine Corps Air Station] Futenma and the continued military presence in Okinawa may require compliance with” the Foreign Agents Registration Act, reads a portion of a letter sent by House Republicans to Earthjustice president Abigail Dillen.

The Center for Biological Diversity is similarly suspect in terms of being tied to communist China

The letter to Earthjustice follows a similar one sent by House Republicans back in June to the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), another “environment” group that’s expressed vehement opposition to the relocation of the U.S. military base, known as Futenma, to Okinawa.

https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-10-08-environmental-activism-groups-front-groups-run-by-communist-china.html

Are wireless voting machines vulnerable? Florida, other states say they’re safe enough

Washington

Barely a month before midterm elections, voting integrity advocates and electronic voting experts want the federal government to issue an official warning to states that use voting machines with integrated cellular modems that the machines are vulnerable to hacks, potentially interfering with the ballot counting.

Once seen as a useful tool to provide quick election results, voting machines with cellular modems are now subject to fierce debate over how easy it would be to break into them and change the results.

Such machines are certified for use in Florida, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin.

A spokeswoman for the Florida Department of State, Sarah Revell, defended the certification of such machines.

“Voting machines are not connected to the internet,” Revell said in an email to McClatchy, adding that “it is important to note that when transmitting election data everything is encrypted and authenticated.”

https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article219508945.html

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