Corporations will have a say. What about the people?

(O, my bad, I forgot that the Supreme Court acted like God and make corporations people.)

that benefits me exactly how?

In 2012 agricultural exports to Europe were $9.9 billion. Exports of manufactured goods was $265 billion with the leading products being "chemicals, transportation equipment, computer and electronic products and machinery."

Of course, if you do not work in agriculture or manufacturing this still may not benefit you in any direct way either.

http://trade.gov/press/press-releases/2013/export-factsheet-january2013-011113.pdf
http://www.ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/europe/european-union

the Americans want some type
of concession, usually related to foreign matters.
typical would be, basing of US forces
in their country.

the typical deal is(in addition to the above),
the EU agrees to buy US grain, of course they
need somebody's grain anyway, so it costs
them nothing.
the US agrees to be wide open to EU goods.

please enlighten me if that isn't the way
it is

We buy more agricultural products from Europe ($16.6 billion a year) than they buy from us ($9.9 billion). Are they exporting so much more in agricultural products to us in the hopes of getting EU military bases on US soil? And we export 27 times more manufactured goods to Europe than we do agricultural products.

How does your view of "the way it is" account for these numbers? And in what special way did the US agree "to be wide open to EU goods"? Did we grant them one-way no-tariff trade or lower tariffs for countries with US military bases?

Your theory of "the way it is" may be accurate but I could use more explanation of how it works, what laws or regulations enable it and how it is consistent with US/EU trade numbers.

...(Trans-Pacific Partnership) negotiations going on at the same time?

And to think many of us believe Congress isn't doing anything!

They've got quite enough problems in Africa with imports of US farm goods subject to US farm subsidies as it is. Puts African farmers out of business. Thta's not just food stuffs its cotton too.

The desperate plight of Africa's cotton farmers.

The skewed nature of cotton production means that American and European growers receive subsidies while many Malian growers are earning barely £200 a year.

read on.............http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/14/mali-cotton-farmer-fair-trade

"Direct tariffs on goods and services between the two are already low, but there are other barriers such as regulatory and safety standards, inspection procedures, and preferences for domestic business.

So, farmers markets are barriers to trade because they promote a preference for domestic businesses. Can't have safety standards or require inspections because they hinder trade too. So everything from safe clean food to helping out your neighbor by buying his products must be subordinated to foreign trade.

"Why is the Navy buying Siemens controllers? It's our fucking Navy" -- our general manager and senior VP