> politicians are abusing their power by essentially deciding without anyone's input Well the deal isn't negotiated by elected officials, mostly it's negotiate

> politicians are abusing their power by essentially deciding without anyone's input Well the deal isn't negotiated by elected officials, mostly it's negotiated by experts/bureaucrats, and congress will just vote the whole thing up or down. If you oppose the TPP, circulate petitions and call on your congresspeople to oppose it. The average Joe doesn't care about a lot of policy debates, but the economic effects of free trade agreements are apparent to most.