Both of SmackDown’s teams for Survivor Series are now fully set.
On tonight’s go-home show for the pay-per-view, Otis was added to SmackDown’s men’s Survivor Series team. He’ll team with Kevin Owens, Jey Uso, Baron Corbin & Seth Rollins against Team Raw (AJ Styles, Keith Lee, Sheamus, Braun Strowman & Riddle) in Sunday’s men’s five-on-five traditional Survivor Series elimination match.
Bayley and Natalya are the final two additions to SmackDown’s women’s Survivor Series team. It will be Bianca Belair, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Bayley & Natalya vs. Team Raw (Shayna Baszler, Nia Jax, Lana, Lacey Evans & Peyton Royce) in Sunday’s women’s elimination match.
In storyline, Adam Pearce named Otis and Bayley to their respective teams. Pearce told Natalya that she would have to defeat Tamina in a last chance qualifying match if she wanted to be on the women’s team.
Here’s the updated card for Survivor Series:
The Undertaker will appear for his “Final Farewell”
Non-title champion vs. champion match: WWE Champion Drew McIntyre vs. Universal Champion Roman Reigns
Non-title champion vs. champion match: Raw Women’s Champion Asuka vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha Banks
Non-title champion vs. champion match: Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) vs. SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford)
Non-title champion vs. champion match: United States Champion Bobby Lashley vs. Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn
Men’s five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match: Team Raw (AJ Styles, Keith Lee, Sheamus, Braun Strowman & Riddle) vs. Team SmackDown (Kevin Owens, Jey Uso, Baron Corbin, Seth Rollins & Otis)
Women’s five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match: Team Raw (Shayna Baszler, Nia Jax, Lana, Lacey Evans & Peyton Royce) vs. Team SmackDown (Bianca Belair, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Bayley & Natalya)
Dual-brand battle royal (pre-show)
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As European officials gathered in Washington Tuesday for the second day of negotiations over the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA), critics sounded the alarm over corporate gifts, “dangerous deregulation,” and a “bleak” outlook for citizens on both sides of the Atlantic.
Many warn that because existing tariffs between the partners already run low, at roughly three percent, the talks will largely focus on eliminating regulatory barriers.
“The [US Trade Representative’s] office, representing corporate interests, will almost surely push for the lowest common standard,” writes Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.
Ahead of the talks, over 60 pro-regulation groups from both sides of the Atlantic issued a letter to President Obama, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, stating their opposition to the “use of behind-closed-door” tactics to “change and lower public interest measures for the sake of commercial interests.” They continue:
The groups said they fear the talks would yield “harmonized” regulations that defer to whichever of the trading partners has the lowest standards in a number of areas including drug safety, food safety, privacy, workers’ rights and the environment.
“The likelihood that what emerges from the coming talks will serve ordinary Americans’ interests is low. The outlook for ordinary citizens in other countries is even bleaker.” -economist Joseph Stiglitz
With the US generally undercutting the EU’s restrictions on food and chemicals, environmentalists warn that this may potentially open the door to the expansion of harmful practices such as the planting of genetically modified (GM) seeds.
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International opposition to foods containing GMOs has long been a thorn in the side of American food giants and biotech companies such as Monsanto and Cargill.
“The stakes couldn’t be higher,” said Bill Waren, trade policy analyst at Friends of the Earth.
“The trans-Atlantic free trade agreement would give chemical companies and other multinational companies an effective weapon to roll back progress made over the last decade,” he adds. “It could result in dangerous deregulation.”
In a conference call Monday, groups also expressed concern that the terms “could give Europe unlimited access to US natural gas supplies and thus increase the use of ‘fracking’ to meet the demand for exports,” the Washington Post reports.
Further, the Guardian reports that US firms including Facebook, Google and Microsoft are seeking the relaxation of European data privacy rules despite recent controversy— following revelations disclosed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden—that the US is spying on its European counterparts.
Describing US tactics as “take no prisoners,” Stiglitz notes that during negotiations “arms will be twisted, and there is a real risk that an agreement will sacrifice basic values to commercial interests.”
Because of the size of the deal—covering 50% of global economic output and 30% of global trade—Jacob Kirkegaard, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said that the proposed pact “would create de facto global standards,” which is worrisome for many.
Stiglitz concludes, “The likelihood that what emerges from the coming talks will serve ordinary Americans’ interests is low. The outlook for ordinary citizens in other countries is even bleaker.”
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