The Trans-Pacific Partnership: We Won’t Be Fooled By Rigged Corporate Trade Agreements

[unhappycamper]

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The Trans-Pacific Partnership: We Won’t Be Fooled By Rigged Corporate Trade Agreements
by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | October 3, 2013 - 9:05am

This week, President Obama will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Coordination (APEC) meeting in Bali, Indonesia where he is expected to announce his goal of having the Trans-Pacific Partnership signed into law by the end of 2013. Obama will host a meeting of the leaders of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) nations during the APEC conference.

The Obama administration has been negotiating the TPP in secret for more than three years. Unlike past trade agreements, the text of the TPP is classified and members of Congress have restricted access to it. If they do read the text, they are not allowed to copy it or discuss any specifics of it. However, more than 600 corporate advisers have direct access to the text on their computers.

The final formal round of negotiations was held in Brunei this August and since then, there have been informal meetings to try and finalize sections of the agreement. As far as the President is concerned, the TPP is entering the home stretch. All he needs now is for Congress to vote to grant him Fast Track, also known as Trade Promotion Authority, and it’s a done deal.

Fast Track would allow the President to sign the TPP before it goes to Congress. Members of Congress would then have a short time period to hold an up or down vote and would be prohibited from making amendments. Without Fast Track, which was used to pass NAFTA and the World Trade Organization (WTO), it is unlikely that the TPP could be signed into law

[AnotherMcIntosh]

1. Congress doesn't have to be fooled. All they need is promises of future wealth for themselves.

[stillwaiting]

2. Clearly, most of us around here won't be fooled, but the bigger question for me is...

... Do most Americans give enough of a shit to weigh in on this debate OR will they continue to roll over as the financial elite take more and more away from our way of life?

[MisterP]

3. fooled? DU will have special avatars for it when it rolls around, "'coz Boehner"

[livingwagenow]

4. Shadowy globalist Fascism is what this whole TPP reeks of. recced nt.