The AFL-CIO Shows Strong Opposition To The Trans-Pacific Partnership

http://nhlabornews.com/2014/01/the-afl-cio-shows-strong-opposition-to-the-trans-pacific-partnership/

By NH Labor | January 10, 2014

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka:

The Trade Promotion Authority bill submitted today by Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus and Senate Finance Ranking Member Orrin Hatch is out of date, poorly conceived, and bad for American workers. For that reason, the AFL-CIO opposes this legislation in the strongest of terms and will actively work to block its passage.

It is past time for the United States to get off the corporate hamster wheel on trade. This legislation renews the undemocratic “trade promotion” process and completely fails to provide the transparency, accountability, and oversight necessary for the far-reaching trade and investment agreements that the Administration is negotiating, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

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