US Lawmaker Slams Monsanto Provision in Fast Track Bill for TPP

[Hoyt]

65. At least you produced some language, but I think it's a giant stretch to interpret it as the OP.

(3) TRADE IN AGRICULTURE.—The principal negotiating objective of the United States with re-spect to agriculture is to obtain competitive opportunities for United States exports of agricultural commodities in foreign markets substantially equivalent to the competitive opportunities afforded foreign exports in United States markets and to achieve fairer and more open conditions of trade in bulk, specialty crop, and value added commodities by—

. . . . . .(I) developing, strengthening, and clarifying rules to eliminate practices that unfairly decrease United States market access opportunities or distort agricultural markets to the detriment of the United States, and ensuring that such rules are subject to efficient, timely, and effective dispute settlement, including—

. . . . . . . . . . .(i) unfair or trade distorting activities of state trading enterprises and other administrative mechanisms, with emphasis on requiring price transparency in the operation of state trading enterprises and such other mechanisms in order to end cross subsidization, price discrimination, and price undercutting;

. . . . . . . . . . .(ii) unjustified trade restrictions or commercial requirements, such as labeling, that affect new technologies, including bio-technology;

. . . . . . .. . . . (iii) unjustified sanitary or phytosanitary restrictions, including restrictions not based on scientific principles
in contravention of obligations in the Uruguay Round Agreements or bilateral or regional trade agreements;

. . . . . . . . . .(iv) other unjustified technical barriers to trade; and

. . . . . . . . . .(v) restrictive rules in the administration of tariff rate quotas;. . . . . . .

http://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/TPA%20bill%20text.pdf

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And remember, all these TPA "negotiating objectives" mean -- even if you interpret that clause as in the OP -- is that if the objectives aren't met in the actual TPP, Congress could withdraw Fast-Track Authority.