Episode 1 – Helena Norberg-Hodge on how corporate ‘free trade’ deals threaten local communities and economies worldwide

Summary: <img src="http://localbites.podbean.com/mf/web/dtfe5b/hnh_1.jpg" style="margin: 10px; float: left;" height="196" width="146"><font size="2">In this episode host Brian Emerson interviews Helena Norberg-Hodge on how "free" trade treaties undermine local communities, economies and democracies around the world, and why localists need to join the global resistance against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA, also known as TTIP). Norberg-Hodge ends her interview by suggesting an alternative international framework for supporting more democratic, localized solutions to global problems.</font><br>