How prejudiced of you. And not very open-minded. And I blame "the public" for not trusting this president when they've known him for nearly SEVEN YEARS and that he's always, always worked on behalf of the middle class and the American worker.
Why the undeserved disrespect and distrust now?
Anyway...
President Obama has campaigned on renegotiating NAFTA's horrible enforcement provisions, and he's doing just that in the TPP. This Admin's goal is clearly detailed at the U.S.T.R.'s site.
Members of Congress - including Senators Warren and Sanders - have access to the drafts so far negotiated but what can change and are not yet set in stone. All changes, too, will be accessible to Senators. Anyone saying that's untrue is a liar and lying to pry open the wallets of their constituents.
By the way? President Obama is STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF NEGOTIATIONS. Nothing is set in stone, however, the latest TPA (aka fast track) compromise by Congress gives Congress and the American people a full six months - as opposed to 90 days in prior TPA pacts - to consider an agreement. That change alone should be touted as proof that a Black man has to work TWICE as hard for half the credit (or, in President Obama's case, NO credit).
Then, for the first 60 days after an accord is reached and even before the president can sign it, the trade agreement will have no action from Congress but will be fully open to public comments. Then you and other anti-trade Americans have more than enough time to demonize pick-a-part review the negotiated deal in public, via C-Span, via MSNBC, via CNN, via Fox "News" Channel, via all broadcast media giants and affiliates, via all print media, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera... Following that, Congress would have another 120 days to take an up-or-down vote.
Congress, for the first time, is also imposing a human rights negotiating objective, and 60 senators can end this authority at any time should they deem that the final deal did not meet objectives set out by Congress.
In summation...if the American people loathe NAFTA and CAFTA so much and want to change it, and if they distrust China more than they do President Obama, they would do well to support, not demonize or attack, the Trans-Pacific Partnership now in the able hands of this president.
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