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In reply to the discussion: In Letters to Obama, 151 House Democrats, Bloc of GOP Announce Opposition to ‘Fast Track’ Trade Auth [View all]ljm2002
(10,751 posts)24. That may be true...
...and a lot of the Republican opposition to NSA's spying overreaches was also from the Tea Party. So? That doesn't make them wrong on those issues.
The reason you don't know enough about it, is that negotiations have been kept secret -- even from our Senators and Representatives in Congress, while allowing over 600 representatives from the private sector participate actively in negotiations. That in itself is enough to reject it IMO.
But if you do want to know more about it, here is a link to the Trade Secret part of the treaty as it currently stands, courtesy of Wikileaks:
http://wikileaks.org/tpp/static/pdf/Wikileaks-secret-TPP-treaty-IP-chapter.pdf
Enjoy.
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In Letters to Obama, 151 House Democrats, Bloc of GOP Announce Opposition to ‘Fast Track’ Trade Auth [View all]
n2doc
Nov 2013
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Cali, I didn't see any reports of this letter until after Wikileaks released the TPP draft. Are ...
Scuba
Nov 2013
#45
"there seems to a lot of special interests trying to spread propaganda against it "
rhett o rick
Nov 2013
#54
The President's seemingly boundless enthusiasm and support for this monstrosity has left me
AzDar
Nov 2013
#8
Just got this letter from My Senator Elizabeth Warren re: fast tracking
PuraVidaDreamin
Nov 2013
#23
It's disgusting that she (and we) have to beg to klnow what's in an agreement that is....
Armstead
Nov 2013
#30
Of course you can give your opinion. Whether that will change the mind of anyone
merrily
Nov 2013
#70
Hey, Hillary 2016 supporters, this is the kind of corporatist shit she supports!
NuclearDem
Nov 2013
#33
I'm a bit disappointed that my congresswoman, Suzanne Bonamici, didn't sign this...
cascadiance
Nov 2013
#59
Hope the Democrats can block Obama's TransPacific Screwing & his "Grand Betrayal," er, Bargain.
blkmusclmachine
Nov 2013
#64