According to Ron Kirk, Obama's former top trade official, the reason he opposes making the text public is "doing so, he suggested to Reuters, would raise such o

According to Ron Kirk, Obama's former top trade official, the reason he opposes making the text public is "doing so, he suggested to Reuters, would raise such opposition that it could make the deal impossible to sign". The stated rationale is literally "because the public would be against it". Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/opinion/obamas-covert-trade-deal.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/opinion/obamas-covert-trad...