The failure of the Doha Round (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doha_Development_Round https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doha_Development_Round) strongly suggests that

The failure of the Doha Round (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doha_Development_Round https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doha_Development_Round) strongly suggests that nowadays successful trade negotiations must be secret. By the same token, they must be handled by our legislature in "fast track" style, a straight up or down vote; modifications by definition negate the negotiations, secret or public. In between ... well, such a measure should get fully discussed in public. That huge, thousand and multi-thousand measures get passed "in public" without taking the time for serious analysis, let alone public debate, which I assume is what people are really worried about, is a general grave problem in our political system, and decidedly un-American. But if you say "no secret negotiations" and/or "no fast track" you're also says "no 'free trade' agreements". Which might be the right thing, but it should be admitted by those pushing this line.