Anti-Trump, anti-TPP protesters block DC highway
Protesters against both President-elect Donald Trump and the Trans-Pacific Partnership have blocked a major highway in downtown Washington, DC. Though Trump is against the TPP, protesters say they don’t trust him to kill the controversial trade deal.
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After assembling near the White House, protesters marching through downtown Washington before setting up a roadblock across I-395, the highway used by many government workers commuting from northern Virginia.
395 still shut down by anti-#Trump protesters, no police presence yet. #TrumpProtest DC, no #TPPpic.twitter.com/ycPZGD2FX8
— Alexander Rubinstein (@AlexR_DC) November 14, 2016
Anti-#Trump protest shuts down 395 expressway in Washington, DC. Traffic at a halt pic.twitter.com/6ElLCYpTrG
— Alexander Rubinstein (@AlexR_DC) November 14, 2016
Anti-#Trump protesters put bike locks around their necks, this driver tried to steal one. Protesters now locked in, 395 Expressway shut down pic.twitter.com/rcfktiHNdS
— Alexander Rubinstein (@AlexR_DC) November 14, 2016
Asked if they knew that Trump was against the TPP, protesters told RT they didn’t trust Trump to actually reject the controversial trade deal, since both represent corporatism and “we don’t know what he’ll do.”
Signed in February, the TPP seeks to establish a free-trade zone between the US and 11 other states of the Pacific Rim: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. Critics have objected to the provisions establishing supra-national courts for corporate disputes, among other things.
