Now We Know Why Huge TPP Trade Deal Is Kept Secret From The Public

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14. And when do you suppose we'll have the full document to peruse?

Before or after the vote to ratify? If before, how long before? I think we're all aware of the slipperiness of language. What constitutes a tariff or "bogus" law that edges into protectionism? Is the line drawn beforehand so that law-making bodies have a good idea of drafting legislation that will pass TPP muster, or will any new law or regulation be subject to an endless parade of lawsuits, tribunals, review boards and other proceedings that can't be accurately predicted? Will law-making bodies simply decline to pass any legislation out of fear that it may trespass on someone's or some corporation's heretofore unenumerated rights, leading to very expensive protracted litigation? For example, will a community's right not to be poisoned be superior or inferior to a company's right to make every last dime of "expected" profit uninhibited by nagging environmental concerns?

When will the right time be to raise and address questions? Or will that be apparent only in retrospect: "You should have brought this up a month/a year/a decade ago; now it's too late to do anything. Eat your mercury and like it."

I realize I'm highly suspicious and cynical. But a lot of very wealthy people have worked very hard throughout my lifetime to earn my distrust, and it would be unfair of me to withhold it.