Revolt over TPP: Senate Dems Rebuke Obama by Blocking Debate on Secretive Trade Deal
May 13, 2015
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11:14Now PlayingRevolt over TPP: Senate Dems Rebuke Obama by Blocking Debate on Secretive Trade Deal
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as posted by the channelIn a surprising setback for President Obama, Senators from his own party have blocked debate on a bill that would have given the president fasttrack authority to negotiate the TransPacific Partnership, or TPP. The vote marked a victory for Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, Elizabeth Warren and other critics of the TPP, a 12nation trade pact that would encompass 40 percent of the global economy and is being negotiated in secret between the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries. Critics say the deal would hurt workers, undermine regulations and expand corporate power. Fast track would grant the president authority to negotiate the TPP and then present it to Congress for a yesorno vote, with no amendments allowed. We are joined by Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch and author of "The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority."
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