One week ago, the Seattle City Council voted to approve a resolution opposing Fast Track. That resolution can be found here. In addition, CPA wrote a letter to the City Council to support the resolution. We received an email back in response, cut and pasted below. Thanks again to the Seattle City Council for opposing…
U.S. and Japanese negotiators are rushing to complete a trade agreement they can unveil during Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Washington later this month, something they hope will pave the way for a broader Asia-Pacific pact involving 10 other countries. [Reposted from Bloomberg | Carter Dougherty | April 1, 2015] An accord between the…
Canada’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiation is at risk because it has “declined to seriously engage” in talks about opening up its dairy, poultry and egg industries, according to the U.S. government’s chief agricultural negotiator, the National Post reported (see related report this issue). Ambassador Darci Vetter said the choice on whether to…
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — and the rigged “Fast Track” process designed to pass it before the public has a chance to react — has become a new “third rail” for progressives and the activist Democratic “base.” (This is also true on the right, by the way.) Clinton is the number one candidate for president,…
