georgephillip
Diamond Member
Obama and his $oul-mate$ among the GOP appear poised to inflict NAFTA on steroids on the US economy:
"WASHINGTON — Key congressional leaders agreed on Thursday on legislation to give President Obama special authority to finish negotiating one of the world’s largest trade accords, opening a rare battle that aligns the president with Republicans against a broad coalition of Democrats.
"In what is sure to be one of the toughest fights of Mr. Obama’s last 19 months in office, the 'fast track' bill allowing the White House to pursue its planned Pacific trade deal also heralds a divisive fight within the Democratic Party, one that could spill into the 2016 presidential campaign..."
"The deal was struck by Senators Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, the Finance Committee chairman; Ron Wyden of Oregon, the committee’s ranking Democrat; and Representative Paul D. Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
"It would give Congress the power to vote on the more encompassing 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership once it is completed, but would deny lawmakers the chance to amend what would be the largest trade deal since the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1994, which President Bill Clinton pushed through Congress despite opposition from labor and other Democratic constituencies."
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/b...authority-trans-pacific-partnership.html?_r=0
Ralph Nader's recent book Unstoppable: mentions the TPP as one possible example of a shared agenda that the left and right could unite on.
Will Liberals and Conservatives Unite to Defeat Fast Track and the TPP -Truthdig
"WASHINGTON — Key congressional leaders agreed on Thursday on legislation to give President Obama special authority to finish negotiating one of the world’s largest trade accords, opening a rare battle that aligns the president with Republicans against a broad coalition of Democrats.
"In what is sure to be one of the toughest fights of Mr. Obama’s last 19 months in office, the 'fast track' bill allowing the White House to pursue its planned Pacific trade deal also heralds a divisive fight within the Democratic Party, one that could spill into the 2016 presidential campaign..."
"The deal was struck by Senators Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, the Finance Committee chairman; Ron Wyden of Oregon, the committee’s ranking Democrat; and Representative Paul D. Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
"It would give Congress the power to vote on the more encompassing 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership once it is completed, but would deny lawmakers the chance to amend what would be the largest trade deal since the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1994, which President Bill Clinton pushed through Congress despite opposition from labor and other Democratic constituencies."
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/b...authority-trans-pacific-partnership.html?_r=0
Ralph Nader's recent book Unstoppable: mentions the TPP as one possible example of a shared agenda that the left and right could unite on.
Will Liberals and Conservatives Unite to Defeat Fast Track and the TPP -Truthdig