You wanna know about this so-called “free trade” debate over fast track and the Trans Pacific Partnership? Here’s everything you need (Ok, almost everything…and if you have something to add, suggest it in the comments section).
Contents
Pro- So-Called “Free Trade” Arguments
Working Life Columns
- TPP/Fast Track: Hell, Yes, Labor Will Primary YOU…Dems Whine About, Finally, Labor Pressure
- POTUS, Are We “Making This Stuff Up” On TPP When THIS Happens? Are You OK When Americans Get Sick?
- TPP: Insider Says Elizabeth Warren (& Bernie Sanders) Right On Secrecy And How Bad The Deal Is
- TPP/Fast Track, Don’t Let YOUR Rep Be Bought By “Burial Insurance” AKA “RETRAINING”
- Keith Ellison Re TPP: POTUS has “some definition of secrecy he knows that I don’t know”
- On TPP, Warren Shows Backbone, Fires Back At Obama; Watch Bernie Sanders, Too
- Fast Track/TPP SellOut: Ron Wyden May Have Cut The Deal–And For A Repeat Dumb Idea
- BREAKING: WikiLeaks Leaks TPP Draft!!!
- TPP Exports Smoke-And-Mirrors…Or Are Those Lies?
- Labor: Vote Against TPP-Fast Track, Or Forget About Campaign Checks. About F-ing Time
- Elizabeth Warren Opposing TPP, Because Deal Would “gut U.S. regulations”
- On TPP Jobs Claims, The President Gets Four Pinocchios–Biggest Fib Possible–From The Elite Media
- The White House’s 10 Big Lies To Congress About The TPP
- TPP, NAFTA, Fast Track…Rinse, Repeat: Prosperity Undermined–The Full Report
- House Democrats To White House: Forget This Fast Track Nonsense, TPP
- Bernie Sanders To Obama Admin: Let Me See The Damn TPP Draft
- TPP: Public Citizen Shreds Forbes’ Lies
- TPP Ban on Buy American Preferences
- Kaboom…TPP Bogus Promises Just Collapsed In A Heap
- TPP-Loving Democrats (Read: POTUS) Help DRIVE Inequality
- Obama’s TPP “could undo key global environmental protections”
- Senior Democrats To Obama: TPP Dead In Current Form
- Fast Track To Hell, Sons of NAFTA & So-Called “Free Trade”
- The Fast Track 13 Traitors: Picture Eye Candy Of Senate Democrats Who Voted To Screw Workers
- BREAKING: Fast Track PROCEEDS In Senate, No Thanks To Some Democrats
- BREAKING: Fast Track Will Be Blocked in Senate, But Action Will Be In House (Liveblog For Vote)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz, If You Vote For Fast Track, You Must RESIGN As DNC Chair
- POTUS, Would You Let Your Daughters Work 4 Nike in Vietnam? Sanders Says Cancel Your Trip 2 Nike
- The Fast Track Truth: Wyden-Hatch-Ryan Bill Is Nothing New (Primary Wyden Anyone?)
- Left-Right Alliance Will Sink “Fast Track”: Nothing New
- This Trade Deal Will Make You Sick, Maybe Give You Mad Cow Disease…Or Kill You Fast
- Daschle Distortions
- Does the White House Really Think People Are That Stupid?
- A Revolt Gets A Bit Louder–And We Get A Smidgen of the Constitution Back
- Something Worse Than NSA Secrecy…Handing Away Trade Authority
Background From The Good Guys
- Public Citizen Analysis of Fast Track bill (April 16th 2015)
- Public Citizen, Fast Track, Myth v. Fact (April 20th 2015)
- Public Citizen, 10 Reasons Why America Cannot Afford Fast Track (January 15th 2015)
- Recording: WTO COOL Ruling as Exhibit #1 in Trade Agreement Rollback of Consumer, other U.S. Policies. Summary available here. (May 19, 2015)
- Sen. Manchin Continues to Oppose Trade Promotion Authority That Will Hurt WV Workers (May 14, 2015)
- Sen. Booker Statement on Trade Promotion Authority Vote (May 14, 2015)
- Rep. Pelosi Statement on Trade Promotion Authority Legislation (May 14, 2015)
- Sen. Brown to Offer an Amendment to Boost Funding for Retraining Assistance for Workers Who Lose Their Jobs to Unfair Trade (May 18, 2015)Nike Saying It Might Create “Up To” 10,000 U.S. Jobs Is Small Consolation for TPP’s Threat to Offshore Massive Number of American Jobs, Lower Wages Across the Economy (May 8, 2015)
- Public Citizen, Progressive Organizations Call on USTR Froman to Disclose Communications with Largest Financial Institutions (May 28, 2015)
- Hundreds of Tech Companies to Congress: TPP and Fast Track Harms Digital Innovation and Users’ Rights (May 20, 2015)
- Civil Society Organizations Urge President Obama Not to Weaken or Eliminate COOL After WTO Ruling (May 19, 2015)
- State Legislators from Across Nation Sign Letter Urging Congress to Reject Fast Track Trade Promotion Authority – read the letter here (May 14, 2015)
- Faith and International Development Organizations Urge Congress to Reject Fast Track and a Bad TPP Deal (April 30, 2015)
- Over 2,000 Groups Urge Opposition to Fast Track (April 27, 2015)
- Coalition for Sensible Safeguards: Groups Oppose Fast Track Process at the Heart of Sen. Hatch’s Trade Bill (April 20, 2015)
- Interfaith Working Group on Trade and Investment: Faith Leaders Alarmed By Potential Consequences of ‘Fast Track’ Bill, Urge Congress to Vote No (April 16, 2015)
- Leading Consumer Organizations Oppose Ryan-Hatch Fast Track Bill (April 17, 2015)
- A Proposed Resolution Expressing the Seattle City Council’s Opposition to Fast Track and Strong Concerns About Draft Elements of the TPP (March 30, 2015)
- Fast Track Trade Authority Must Be Replaced To Deliver Trade Agreement that Can Deliver Broad Benefits (March 23, 2015)
- Transparency Groups Write to Members of Congress, Urging Public Access to Draft Trade Pacts Texts (March 23, 2015)
- Labor Movement Shows United Opposition to ‘Fast Tracking’ Trade Deals (March 2, 2015)
- The Interfaith Working Group on Trade and Investment Asks Congress to Oppose Fast Track (February 18, 2015)
- U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Expresses Concerns about Moral Implications of Fast Track (January 26, 2015)
- Members of Congress and Civil Society Show Breadth of Opposition to Fast Track (January 8, 2015)
- Recording: Reps. DeLauro, Slaughter and Grayson Host Press Call on Fast Track (November 12, 2014)
- AFL-CIO Ad Tells Congress: Listen to Workers, Say No to Fast Track (October 27, 2014)
- Nearly 600 Organizations Write to Sen. Wyden Opposing Fast Track (September 10, 2014)
- Food & Water Watch: Fact Sheet on the TPP and the Fast Track to a Gusher of Imported Fish (April 2014)
- Citizens Trade Campaign: Over 550 Groups Urge Opposition to Fast Track (January 27, 2014)
- United Auto Workers President Bob King in Opposition to Fast Track (January 16, 2014)
- Americans for Financial Reform: “Fast Track” Threatens Wall Street Reform (January 16, 2014)
- 12 Senators Write Majority Leader Reid in Opposition to Fast Track (January 15, 2014)
- Public Health Groups Write Congress in Opposition to Fast Track (January 15, 2014)
- Communications Workers of America President Cohen: Get TPP Off the Fast Track (January 13, 2014)
- United Steelworkers President Gerard: Fast Track to Poverty (January 13, 2014)
- National Farmers Union: NFU Opposed to Proposed Fast-Track Trade Authority (January 13, 2014)
- Teamsters’ Hoffa Writes Congress in Opposition to Fast Track (January 10, 2014)
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Urges Congress to Oppose Fast Track (January 10, 2014)
- Sierra Club: Congress: Don’t Put Harmful Trade Pacts on the Fast Track (January 10, 2014)
- Citizens Trade Campaign: Widespread Opposition to the Camp-Baucus Fast Track Legislation (January 9, 2014)
- AFL-CIO President Trumka: Fast Track Trade Promotion is ‘Undemocratic’ and ‘Bad for American Workers’ (January 9, 2014)
- Sierra Club Opposes Fast-Track Bill to Rush International Trade (January 9, 2014)
- Communications Workers of America: Fast Track is the Wrong Track for Trans-Pacific Partnership (January 9, 2014)
- International Association of Machinists: IAM Charges Fast Track Authority Bill Leaves U.S. Workers Out in the Cold (January 9, 2014)
- Teamsters’ Hoffa: Fast-Track Bill will Take Congress, Public Out of Process (January 9, 2014)
- AFSCME: AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Opposition to Fast Track Authorization (January 9, 2014)
- Food & Water Watch: Congressional Push for Fast Track Authority Threatens Basic Consumer Rights, Food Safety, Local Sovereignty (January 9, 2014)
- Corporate Accountability International: Congress moves to fast track TPP (January 9, 2014)
- Friends of the Earth: Baucus and Camp introduce legislation to rush trade deals past Congress (January 9, 2014)
- DeLauro, Slaughter, And Miller Respond To Report Of Agreement To “Fast-Track” Pacific Trade Deal Without Congressional Input (December 6, 2013)
- Coalition of civil society groups sends letter opposing Fast Track for the TPP to members of Congress and senators (October 23, 2013)
- AFL-CIO Resolution 12: America and the World Need a New Approach to Trade and Globalization (September 11, 2013)
- Teamsters: TPP needs a full debate, not a rubber stamp (August 23, 2013)
- 36 Freshmen in the House of Representatives Call for Increased Transparency in in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations, Express Concerns with TPP and Oppose Fast Track in Letter to Ways and Means Chairman Sander Levin (June 11, 2013)
- Joint Resolution from Maine State Legislature Against Fast Track (June 10, 2013)
- More Than 400 U.S. Civil Society Groups Write Congress on TPP and Fast Track, Calling for Transparency and Outlining Core Principles for International Economic Pacts (March 4, 2013)
- International Gender and Trade Network to Congress opposing the reauthorization of Fast Track and Peru and Panama FTAs (June 22, 2007)
- National Education Association to Congress opposing Fast Track extension (June 8, 2007)
- 713 Labor, environmental, religious, and human rights organizations to Democratic Leadership opposing Fast Track reauthorization (May 29, 2007)
- 243 Civil Society Groups in 90 Developing Countries Calling on Congress to Reject Pressure to Give President Bush New Fast Track Authority to Push WTO Escalation Via the Doha Round (April 19, 2007)
- AFL-CIO: Fast Track or the Right Track? (March 6, 2007)
- National Farmers Union – 2007 Special Order of Business Trade (March 2007)
Pro- So-Called “Free Trade” Arguments
General Background
- Pew Study on Attitudes Towards Trade Agreements (Complete Report is Here)
- Remarks by the President on Trade (Speech At Nike, May 8th 2015)
