Why progressives should rescue the TPP trade deal

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24. Astoundingly...

"Labor" is the one Democratic faction most opposed to trade deals! "Labor" is the basic core constituency of many Democratic candidates and office holders

If one single job, if one single factory closing, if one single operation is moved to another country - and it can be perceived to be the result of a 'trade deal' - labor leadership had better not be approving these deals!

What don't they like? It was never set up for them to like - they say!

Remember - TPP is a negotiation among 12 sovereign nations - not just the US and labor.

However, this: "TPP appears to at least nominally accomplish a fair number of objectives"!

While the TPP appears to at least nominally accomplish a fair number of objectives set out in the “Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015” (also known as “Fast Track 2015”), there are notable exceptions including investment, environment, and currency that will undermine the interests of working people. More importantly, the question the LAC has been asked to answer relies on a faulty premise. The LAC opposed Fast Track 2015 in large part because of its unsatisfactory negotiating objectives, many of which failed to support our goal of strengthening the U.S. economy and advancing the interests of working people. Many of the negotiating objectives we have been asked to evaluate are so vague that meaningful analysis is nearly impossible. Other objectives are quite literally antithetical to U.S. worker interests. All told, the negotiating objectives “achieved” in the TPP fail to benefit working people in a number of ways, as detailed below.

https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/Labor-Advisory-Committee-for-Trade-Negotiations-and-Trade-Policy.pdf