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Aerows

(39,961 posts)
Wed May 20, 2015, 12:09 AM May 2015

George W. Bush made the fast track to TPP a cornerstone of his candidacy

and he endorsed the TPP. Even amidst the "President must be supported" fervor of 9/11, in 2002, he was defeated in Congress.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_track_%28trade%29

Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush made fast track part of his campaign platform in 2000.[7] In May 2001, as president he made a speech about the importance of free trade at the annual Council of the Americas in New York, founded by David Rockefeller and other senior U.S. businessmen in 1965. Subsequently, the Council played a role in the implementation and securing of TPA through Congress.[8]

Here is that spectre raised again, a vampire wearing different clothing.

Are we supposed to like it now that President Obama is spearheading it, when it was rejected under President Bush, too, or does that make us all ...

Republicans
Democrats
Independents

Or just citizens that know it was a bad idea in 2007, and it is a bad idea in 2015.

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George W. Bush made the fast track to TPP a cornerstone of his candidacy (Original Post) Aerows May 2015 OP
Updated with further information Aerows May 2015 #1
TPA narrowly passed in 2002 and expired in 2007. tritsofme May 2015 #2
 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
1. Updated with further information
Wed May 20, 2015, 12:16 AM
May 2015

and citations.

Will FURTHER update with other citations as needed.

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