U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee on the TPP: "It’s far worse than we thought"

[marmar]

“After years of secret negotiations, classified drafts and unprecedented influence from multinational corporations and special interests, the American people can finally see the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

It’s far worse then we thought. Far from being the most progressive trade deal ever negotiated, it’s a template to ship American jobs overseas while undermining global human rights, environmental protections and labor standards.

We’ve watched this happen before with other bad trade deals. Since 1994, California has lost one in four manufacturing jobs because of NAFTA and other WTO agreements. This is unacceptable. Trade deals should create good-paying American jobs, not send them overseas.

In addition to the loss of American jobs, I am deeply troubled by the TPP’s impact on access to lifesaving medicines. ...........(more)

https://lee.house.gov/news/press-releases/create-american-jobs-don-t-offshore-them-with-tpp

[think]

1. Thank you Representative Lee for speaking out. Hopefully other Democrats will join in calling this

trade deal what it is. A gift to multinational corporations at the expense of American jobs, human rights, affordable medicine, and the environment.

[Octafish]

2. Money does strange things to people.

Except those with integrity. Thank you, Ms. Lee.

[davidpdx]

3. I'm sure glad someone is saying this

[Truprogressive85]

4. NO to TPP

We are told it was a "gold standard " ?

sorry Pres. Obama not buying into these neo-liberal corporate exploitation so called trade deal we were told the same thing about NAFTA in the 90's ;not again .

[cwydro]

5. Good old "hope and change" strikes again.

Awful.

[jeff47]

6. No, no no. It's the gold standard!! (nt)

[stillwaiting]

7. Barbara Lee is almost always amazing. Thank you Barbara for being one of the few in D.C. nt

[suffragette]

8. K&R

[JEB]

9. K&R

She is speaking plain truth.

[Kermitt Gribble]

10. Maybe DU's resident trade deal experts

should contact her to tell her she's wrong...

[Elwood P Dowd]

11. They're just catapulting the propaganda as Baby Bush said.

The vast majority of DUers though are not buying what they're selling, but the propaganda machine never stops.