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Labor Unions, Business Lobby Clash Over Obama’s Bid For TPP “Fast Track” Authority

Rather than building support and momentum for fast track, introduction of the fast-track bill seems to have had the opposite effect of galvanizing opposition and spurring mobilization against it.

Kevin Zeese
Margaret Flowers
By Kevin Zeese
And Margaret Flowers
Labor Unions, Business Lobby Clash Over Obama’s Bid For TPP “Fast Track” Authority

Rather than building support and momentum for fast track, introduction of the fast-track bill seems to have had the opposite effect of galvanizing opposition and spurring mobilization against it.

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White House Blog Reveals A Profound Lack Of Support For TPP

Widespread environmental opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership prompts an embarrassing White House statement claiming environmental support from some of the country’s most conservative, corporate-funded environmental organizations.

Kevin Zeese
Margaret Flowers
By Kevin Zeese
And Margaret Flowers
White House Blog Reveals A Profound Lack Of Support For TPP

Widespread environmental opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership prompts an embarrassing White House statement claiming environmental support from some of the country’s most conservative, corporate-funded environmental organizations.

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Digital Rights Groups Warn TPP Will Force ‘Policing’ Of Internet Users

Groups slam proposed rules in open letters to negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement

Max Ocean
By Max Ocean

Groups slam proposed rules in open letters to negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement

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As TPP Opposition Soars, Corporate Media Blackout Deafening

Opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership—dubbed ‘NAFTA on steroids’—is receiving unprecedented popular opposition and nearly no news coverage by major outlets.

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally

Opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership—dubbed ‘NAFTA on steroids’—is receiving unprecedented popular opposition and nearly no news coverage by major outlets.

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After 20 Years Of NAFTA Poverty, Lawmakers Move To Fast-Track TPP

‘The Trans-Pacific Partnership would be an unmitigated disaster for everything from the environment to internet freedom and working families’

Common Dreams
By Common Dreams
After 20 Years Of NAFTA Poverty, Lawmakers Move To Fast-Track TPP

‘The Trans-Pacific Partnership would be an unmitigated disaster for everything from the environment to internet freedom and working families’

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