Amy Goodman
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"A Corporate Trojan Horse": Critics Decry Secretive TPP Trade Deal as a Threat to Democracy
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17:07Now PlayingSenate Finance Committee leaders Republican Orrin Hatch and Democrat Ron Wyden are expected to introduce a "fasttrack" trade promotion authority bill as early as this week that would give the president authority to negotiate the secretive TransPacific Partnership trade deal and then present it to Congress for a yesorno vote, with no amendments allowed. On Wednesday, more than 1,000 labor union members rallied on Capitol Hill to call on Democrats to oppose "fasttrack" authority. We speak with two people closely following the proposed legislationLori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, and Rep. Alan Grayson, a Democrat from Florida.
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