Progressive breakfast: TPP & Fast track (5 articles)

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US-Japan breakthrough may speed TPP deal.

Bloomberg: "President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be able to declare next week that the U.S. and Japan have all but completed their part of negotiations on a Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, Japan's ambassador to the U.S. said. Kenichiro Sasae said in Washington that while some issues remain to be settled on autos and agriculture, he hopes Abe and Obama will announce agreement when the Japanese leader visits the White House on April 28."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-21/obama-abe-moving-to-bless-trade-accord-japan-s-ambassador-says



Senate poised to pass fast track during Japan visit.

Politico: "Republicans say they are confident the bill will pass committee and possibly hit the Senate floor by next week, when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is visiting Washington."

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/progressives-ready-big-ad-buy-targeting-trade-deal-117214.html#ixzz3Y2HSzeUW


But Sen. Minority Leader Harry Reid opposed.

HuffPost: "'You couldn't find a person ... who feels more negatively about it than I do,' he said. 'So the answer is not only no, but hell no,' he added ... Reid said that he wouldn't try to defeat the legislation in any 'single-handed' way, but that he is pressing [Sen. Ron] Wyden to slow it down."

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7112704



"Coalition to Stop Fast Track" announces major ad campaign.

Politico: "A coalition of labor, environmental and progressive interests is launching a seven-figure ad campaign aimed at pressuring congressional Democrats ... a coalition spokesman said the ad would be aimed primarily at members who had yet to take a public position on the proposal ..."

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/progressives-ready-big-ad-buy-targeting-trade-deal-117214.html?hp=b1_c2


Fast track bill would push final approval into the fall.

NYT: "... the full agreement would have to be made public for 60 days before the president gives his final assent and sends it to Congress. Congress could not begin considering it for 30 days after that. That extra time means that Congress probably will not consider the Trans-Pacific Partnership until at least October, the thick of the presidential primary debate season and just as White House hopefuls are preparing for the first primary voting."

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/business/obama-fast-track-pacific-trade-deal.html?referrer=