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(27,247 posts)According to this Japanese newspaper article, hundreds of people representing labor and other concerns protested against the TPP in Washington on April 20th.
環太平洋戦略的経済連携協定(TPP)交渉の日米協議が最終局面に入るなか、TPPに反対するデモ行進が20日、米ワシントン市内で行われた。
As negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) between Japan and the United States enter the final phase, an anti-TPP demonstration was held in Washington, D.C. on the 20th.
デモ行進には労働組合関係者ら数百人が参加した。
Hundreds of people involved with labor unions and other concerns participated in the demonstration.
米国の労働界は1994年発効の北米自由貿易協定(NAFTA)など過去の自由貿易協定が製造業の海外流出につながったなどと主張してきた。AFL-CIOは3月、TPA法案の審議を見極めるため、全議員に対する政治献金を凍結すると表明し、TPA法案への反対を促している。
American labor groups maintain that past free trade agreements such as NAFTA that went into effect in 1994 have led to such things as manufacturing industries moving overseas. In order to ascertain discussions on the TPA bill, in March the AFL-CIO announced a freeze on political contributions to all members of Congress and is continuing to oppose the TPA bill.
http://www.sankeibiz.jp/macro/news/150422/mca1504220500003-n1.htm