The point of TPP is to boost US exports. That's why PBO is behind it.

[JDPriestly]

98. One can oppose trade agreements in general.

One can oppose them on the ground that we already have a balance of payments that is too negative -- the worst in the world I believe. The rest of the world, our trading partners, are buying out the assets of our country. "Frree" trade is costing Americans dearly.

The Chinese undervalue their currency. We do nothing about it. We are tricked and undercut by nearly all of our trading partners. And our corporations care nothing about the American people. We are sold junk from overseas. Many Americans don't notice how bad the trash we are being sold is.

There are lots of reasons for opposing trade agreements even if you don't know the details. The trade courts are a travesty. Republicans complain about redistribution of wealth. That's what the trade courts have the capacity to do -- and on a massive, national level.

There are sound reasons to oppose trade agreements without knowing the details especially if you know and think about the history of what our trade agreements have done to American jobs, our balance of payments, our federal tax receipts and other aspects of our society.

The appropriate question is how in the world an honest person can support a trade agreement without having seen the fine print which is where the dirty details are hidden. I can only think that this is a person who has little experience with our current trade agreements.

We should have one-on-one agreements, country by country from which we can exit easily if we discover that our trading partner is dishonest or milking us. These broad trade agreements are an invitation to abuse, to fraud and to a great deal of long-term bitterness.

These broad, regional trade agreements are an experiment, a dangerous experiment. So far the experiment has failed for American working people.