Tag Archive for Obama and TPP

TPP: The “National Security” Sales Pitch

During the 1993 congressional debate over the North American Free Trade Agreement, a Democratic Congressman with a solid pro-labor voting record asked me why I thought NAFTA would be bad for working people. “Well, you may be right about the…

TPP Panic; Playing the China Card

Stung by the sudden derailment in the House of Representatives of the rush to pass the Trans Pacific Partnership, the Washington establishment has wasted no time in warning us of the menace of a rising China should the trade deal…