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TPP is on its way

Reuters reports that U.S. senators have agreed to a bipartisan bill to move trade deals quickly through Congress . The key element was agreement on aid for workers hurt by trade.

Fast track authority restricts Congress to a yes-or-no vote in exchange for setting negotiating objectives, laying out how much information is available on draft texts and other ground rules for negotiators.  The bill will meet opposition on the right and the left. The Repugnant party (aka Republicans) oppose anything done y President Obama, apparently because he is black?  The Democrats are worried about oppostion from labor unions.


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