Thank you for visiting the "TPP News" page where you will find leaked news about the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement. I say leaked because the TPP that has been kept as secret as possible not only from "We the People" but also from our elected  representatives in Congress as well. If TPP (or anything for that matter) was such a great deal for America and Americans, then it should be held high and survive the light of public scrutiny and debate. Our elected servants should be checking in with us and informing us about it (as with all legislation). But that's not what is happening. I report...you decide. Please visit often as I will continue to update and add more information. Thank you. ~ Rodney Spooner

May 2015

Wednesday,
May 27, 2015
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Here’s how much corporations paid US senators to fast-track the TPP bill  
Fast-tracking the TPP, meaning its passage through Congress without having its contents available for debate or amendments, was only possible after lots of corporate money exchanged hands with senators. The US Senate passed Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) – the fast-tracking bill – by a 65-33 margin on 14 May. Last Thursday, the Senate voted 62-38 to bring the debate on TPA to a close.
Saturday,
May 23, 2015
This Is The Difference Between TPP And TPA (Hint: They Are Not The Same Thing)  
In the fevered debate over international trade, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and trade promotion authority have been used almost interchangeably. But in the end, they are not at all the same thing.

Simply put, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a major international trade deal between 12 countries that began negotiations in 2010. The deal includes some major players and will impact a considerable portion of the global economy. Therefore, it has attracted a lot of attention, both positive and negative.
Thursday,
May 27, 2015

August 2013

Friday,
August 23, 
2013
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Congress, Public Waking Up To Trans-Pacific Partnership Threat  
The TPP agreement is being negotiated — in secret, even from Congress — between representatives of governments and giant, multinational corporations. (Government negotiators are not prevented from seeking lucrative corporate jobs if negotiations are completed in favor of those corporations.) Groups representing the interests of labor, environmental, consumer, human rights or other stakeholders in democracy are not at the negotiating table. And, not surprisingly, it appears that the agreement will promote the interests of giant, multinational corporations over the interests of labor, environmental, consumer, human rights or other stakeholders in democracy.

Negotiated in secret, what we know about the treaty comes from leaks. Only a few of the “chapters” of the agreement are actually about “trade” at all. The rest are about the “rights” of corporations and investors. Negotiated just as the worldwide democracy uprising threatens to reign in corporate interests, the agreement will limit governments’ ability to write banking regulations, energy policy, food safety standards and even government purchasing decisions. It will allow corporations and investors to sue governments for lost profits if the governments try to make and enforce environmental, labor and other laws.