Saturday, August 3, 2013

Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement could lead to fewer U.S. jobs

...(ever here of this Trans-Pacific Partnership, otherwise known as the TPP?  You haven't?  Well, that's because the governments don't want you to know about it, because if you did it is very likely you would not be happy about this.  It's meeting are not widely published, nor are the results from the meetings.   And personally, I don't think you should like it because of the simple fact that it will remove much of the decision making and regulating processes out of the hands of the USA and place it with the controlling bodies of the TPP.  But, on the other hand, maybe the TPP could and would make better decisions than our bureaucrats seem to do.......alexis)...  



The Morning Call published the recent story about Lehigh Valley businesses hiring at faster pace. This is good news but gains could be lost with the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement. The Trans-Pacific Partnership dwarfs the North American Free Trade Agreement both geographically and economically and could result in serious job and wage loss in our area.

The proposed pact not only covers traditional trade matters such as tariffs and quotas but also is said to contain some 29 separate chapters affecting everything from food safety standards and banking regulations to energy policy and government purchasing decisions.

Despite having completed 18 major rounds of negotiations on that agreement, the Obama administration has refused to tell the American public what it has been proposing in our name, instead classifying all the draft texts. Now the administration wants Congress to pass new fast-track legislation that would enable the partnership to circumvent ordinary congressional review, amendment and debate procedures.
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Our congressman, Rep. Charlie Dent, should oppose fast track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Congress should instead exercise its constitutional authority to ensure that each provision of this mammoth pact is written in the best interests of working families.

this story was from http://www.mcall.com/opinion or you can research this more on the net...



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