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Sen Wyden has been great on these issues. See also http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120523/11415519051/wyden-to-obama-hollywood-shouldnt-know-more-about-tpp-t
by KoulMomo 14y ago
Sen Wyden has been great on these issues. See also http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120523/11415519051/wyden-to-obama-hollywood-shouldnt-know-more-about-tpp-than-congress.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120523/11415519051/wyden-... Where the Obama administration would not share the contents of the TTP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) agreement with congress or senate, while representatives of U.S. corporations are being consulted on the agreement.
Crony Capitalism at its worst.
- snowwrestler 14y agoWithout commenting on the TPP specifically, I will point out that this is the process that the Constitution sets out for international treaties: the executive branch negotiates them as they see fit, then the agreement is presented to the Congress for ratification. If TPP makes it that far (no guarantee it will), the Congress will have plenty of opportunity to read and react to it--especially now that Fast Track has expired. Just look at how many times the negotiators had to go back to the table on the South Korea and Colombia free trade agreements to satisfy Congressional objections.