A Simple Chart to Illustrate How the TPP Improves on NAFTA

[Daemonaquila]

7. That is such nonsense.

Here's a simpler chart:

* NO AGREEMENT WHOSE TERMS ARE SECRET CAN BE "BETTER" OR "WORSE" than any other agreement. You reject it, period.
(The TPP Investment Chapter is classified and supposed to be kept secret for four years after the entry into force of the TPP agreement or, if no agreement is reached, for four years from the close of the negotiations.)

* As of 4/27, only 40 house members and 3 senators had asked the White House to allow them to read the TPP. Of those who have, none of them are allowed to get copies, take photos, make notes, etc. BUT 500 CORPORATE "Trade Advisors" HAVE SPECIAL ACCESS. That is not how we do business in a democracy, and shame on anyone who trusts this process or would support the TPP without full disclosure.

* From leaked pieces, we know that TPP cracks down on Internet and digital freedoms, poses risks to journalists and whistleblowers, and adopts criminal sanctions for civil matters like copyright. Read the great EFF article - https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp

It's time to get off the rah-rah bandwagon and tell the administration that if it wants to pass TPP, it needs to make the terms public and allow actual citizen feedback and real debate on it. Until then, I don't care if the administration claims it saves the whales, does my dishes, and will guarantee free college tuition through grad school to all kids starting Monday.