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Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Job Loss,Lower Wages and Higher Drug Prices

Have you heard? The TPP is a massive, controversial "free trade" agreement currently being pushed

by b ig corporations and negotiated behind closed doors by of ficials from the United States and 11

other countries – Australia, Br unei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru,

Singapore, and Vietnam.

The TPP would expand the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) "trade" pact model that

has spurred massive U.S. trade deficits and job loss, downward pressure on wages, unprecedented

levels of inequality and new floods of agricultural imports. The TPP not only replicates, but expands

NAFTA's special protections for firms that offshore U.S. jobs. And U.S. TPP negotiators literally used

the 2011 Korea FTA – under which exports have fallen and trade deficits have surged – as the

template for the TPP.

In one fell swoop, this secretive deal could:

expose the U.S. to unsafe food and products,

roll back Wall Street reforms,

ban Buy American policies needed to create green

jobs,

and undermine human rights.

Although it is called a "free trade" ag reement, the TPP is no t mainly about trade. Of TPP's 29 draft

chapters, only five deal with traditional trade issues. One chapter would provide incentives to offshore

jobs to low-wage countries. Many would impose limits on government policies that we rely on in our

daily lives for safe food, a cle an e nvironment, and more. Our domestic federal, state and local policies

would be required to comply with TPP rules.

The TPP would even elevate individual foreign firms to

equal status with sovereign nations, empowering them to

privately enforce new rights and privileges, provided by the

pact, by dragging governments to foreign tribunals to

challenge public interest policies that they claim frustrate

their expectations. The tribunals would be authorized to

order taxpayer compensation to the foreign corporations for

the "expected future profits" they surmise would be inhibited

by the challenged policies.

We only know about the TPP's threats thanks to leaks – the public is not allowed to see the draft TPP

text. Even members of Congress, after being denied the text for years, are now only provided limited

access. Meanwhile, more than 500 official corporate "trade advisors" have special access. The TPP

has been under negotiation for six years, and the Obama administration wants to sign the deal this

year. Opposition to the TPP is growing at home and in many of the other countries involved.

Se puede encontrar recursos en español aquí.

Featured Resources:

Initial TPP Text Analysis: Secret TPP Text Unveiled: It's Worse than We Thought

Compilation: Early Statements from Labor, Consumer, Enviro, Etc. Organizations After TPP Text Release

TPP Corporate Empowerment Map: See which foreign corporations near you could use NAFTA-styleinvestor rights to challenge laws and regulations under the TPP

Case Studies: Investor-State Attacks on Public Interest Policies

Factsheet Series: Learn how the TPP's investment rules harm Public Access to Essential Services, Public Health

and the Environment

Map: What Would the TPP Mean For Your State?

Memo: Investors Use Runaway "Fair and Equitable Treatment" Standard in 75% of "Successful" Cases Against

Governments

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More Job Offshoring, More Income Inequality

The TPP would incentivize offshoring American jobs to low-wage countries, and

would also exacerbate U.S. income inequality.

Undermining Food Safety

The TPP would require us to import meat and poultry that does not meet U.S. safety

standards. It would impose limits on food labeling.

Threats to Public Health

U.S. negotiators are pushing the agenda of Big Pharma – expanding firms' monopoly

protections for drugs. The TPP would restrict access to life-saving medicines for

millions in developing nations, while undermining efforts to contain U.S. medicine

costs.

Financial Deregulation: Banksters' Delight

The TPP would undermine the re-regulation of Wall Street. It would prohibit bans on

risky financial products and services and undermine "too big to fail" regulations.

Son of SOPA: Curtailing Internet Freedom

Thought SOPA was bad? The TPP would require internet service providers to "police"

user-activity and treat individual violators as large-scale for-profit violators. Plus, the

TPP would stifle innovation.

Bye Buy American & Jobs

The TPP would impose limits on how our elected officials can use tax dollars –

banning Buy American or Buy Local preferences and offshoring our tax dollars to

create jobs abroad.

More Power to Corporations to Attack Nations

Foreign corporations would be empowered to attack our health, environmental and

other laws before foreign tribunals on the mere basis that their expectations were

frustrated, and to demand taxpayer compensation for expected future profits.

Turning a Blind Eye to Human Rights Violations

The TPP would turn a blind eye to human trafficking, child labor and anti-LGBT

abuses by giving human rights offenders like Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei

privileged access to the U.S. market.

Public Citizen Factsheets, Reports & Memos

Secret TPP Investment Chapter Unveiled: It’s Worse than We Thought (November 5,

2015)

Initial TPP Text Analysis - Secret TPP Text Unveiled: It's Worse than We Thought

(November 5, 2015)

TPP Vote Timeline (September 25, 2015)

10 Presidential Candidates Criticize the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Upping Political Costs

of Supporting the Pact (August 21, 2015)

The Obama Administration's "See-No-Evil" Approach to the TPP (August 21, 2015)

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Studies Reveal Consensus: Trade Flows during "Free Trade" Era Have Exacerbated U.S.

Income Inequality (August 20, 2015)

Prosperity Undermined: The Status Quo Trade Model's 21-Year Record of Massive

U.S. Trade Deficits, Job Loss and Wage Suppression (August 20, 2015)

The TPP: More Job Offshoring and Lower Wages (August 20, 2015)

Only One of 44 Attempts to Use the WTO's "General Exception" to Defend a Domestic

Policy Has Ever Succeeded (August 19, 2015)

CAFTA's Decade of Empty Promises Haunts the TPP (July 28, 2015)

TPP Vote Calendar: Obama Administration Hype About a TPP Vote in 2015 Does Not

Comport with Fast Track Timelines (July 23, 2015)

Don't Believe the Hype: Agricultural Exports Lag under Trade Deals, Belying Empty

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Promises Recycled for the TPP (July 2, 2015)

Raw Deals for Small Businesses: U.S. Small Firms Have Endured Slow and Declining

Exports under "Free Trade" Deals (June 22, 2015)

U.S. Polling Shows Strong Opposition to Fast Tracking More of the Same U.S. Trade

Deals from Independents, Republicans and Democrats Alike (June 9, 2015)

TPP Would Let Us Write the Rules, Not China? Wait, that's Exactly What We Were Told

in 2000 When Congress Was Skeptical About China Joining the World Trade

Organization and We Know How Badly THAT Worked Out... (June 9, 2015)

Map: What Would the TPP Mean For Your State? (April 10, 2015)

Analysis of Leaked Trans-Pacific Partnership Investment Text (March 25, 2015)

Case Studies: Investor-State Attacks on Public Interest Policies (March 6, 2015)

Job-Killing Trade Deficits Surge under FTAs: U.S. Trade Deficits Grow More Than425% with FTA Countries, but Decline 11% with Non-FTA Countries (February 25,

2015)

Watch: Global Trade Watch's Ben Beachy Discusses TPP Broken Promises at a

Congressional Briefing (February 19, 2015)

Infographic: Obama vs. Obama (January 21, 2015)

Infographic: NAFTA Terms Replicated in TPP (January 9, 2015)

Updated Memo: TPP Government Procurement Negotiations: Buy American Policy

Banned, a Net Loss for the U.S. (January 6, 2015)

176 Million Workers Call to Stop TPP Negotiations (November 12, 2014)

Buy American Would Be Gutted under the TPP: Unraveling the Spin from USTR

(October 21, 2014)

U.S. Trade Officials Defy Post-Crisis Consensus Backing Capital Controls (July 25,

2014)

TPP: The "Trade" Deal that Could Inflate Your Healthcare Bill (July 21, 2014)

The Rising Use of the Trade Pact Sales Pitch of Last Resort: TPP Foreign Policy

Arguments Mimic False Claims Made for Past Deals (April 2014)

Factsheet: Learn how the TPP's investment rules harm Public Access to Essential

Services (February 3, 2014)

Factsheet: Learn how the TPP's investment rules harm Public Health (February 3, 2014)

Factsheet: Learn how the TPP's investment rules harm the Environment (February 3,

2014)

NAFTA's 20-Year Legacy and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (January 2014)

Update on Salt Lake TPP Talks (November 25, 2013)

Breakdown of the 151 Democratic signatories on the DeLauro-Miller Fast Track Letter

(November 13, 2013)

TPP Corporate Factsheet Flurry – Many Sheets, Few Facts and the Same Old Promises

that Have Proven False (November 6, 2013)

Public Citizen Comments to USTR on Japan's Participation in TPP Talks (July 2, 2013)

Updated and Expanded – U.S. Pharmaceutical Corporation Uses NAFTA Foreign

Investor Privileges Regime to Attack Canada's Patent Policy, Demand $100 Million for

Invalidation of a Patent (March 2013)

Election 2012: U.S. Polling Shows NAFTA-style Trade Deals Becoming Even More

Unpopular (January 24, 2013)

U.S.-Peru FTA Investor Rights: Lessons Learned and New Approaches Needed for

TPP (available in Spanish here) (November 28, 2012)

TPP: Un TLC Recardgado con el Mundo (in Spanish) (November 21, 2012)

Investors Use Runaway "Fair and Equitable Treatment" Standard in 75% of

"Successful" Cases Against Governments (September 5, 2012)

Public interest analysis of the leaked TPP investment text (June 13, 2012)

Public Citizen Testimony Regarding the Proposed United States Trans-Pacific

Partnership Free Trade Negotiation (March 4, 2009)

Public Citizen Press Releases & Statements

Secret TPP Text Unveiled: It's Worse Than We Thought, With Limits on Food Safety and

Controversial Investor-State System Expanded, Rollback of Bush-Era Medicine Access

and Environmental Terms (November 5, 2015)

WikiLeaks Publication of Complete, Final TPP Intellectual Property Text Confirms Pact

Would Raise Costs, Put Medicines Out of Reach (October 9, 2015)

At TPP Negotiations, U.S. Trade Rep Attempts to Resolve Pharmaceuticals Impasse by

Wrapping Same Harmful Proposal in Different Packaging (September 30, 2015)

Advisory: Public Citizen Experts Are at TPP Negotiations in Atlanta, Can Keep You

Updated on the Talks (September 30, 2015)

Administration Desperate for Trans-Pacific Partnership Deal: There May Be an

Announcement, But a Real Deal? (September 25, 2015)

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Members of Congress Speak Out

Official Government Statements and Actions against Investor-State Dispute Settlement

(ISDS)

Rep. DeLauro Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)

Rep. Dingell Statement on TPP Text Release: TPP Even Worse Than Expected

(November 10, 2015)

Rep. Pocan Statement: Release of TPP Text Confirms Our Fears About Trade Deal

(November 10, 2015)

Rep. Nolan Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)

Rep. Lee Statement on TPP Text Release: Create American Jobs, Don't Offshore Them

with TPP (November 10, 2015)

Rep. Tim Ryan Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)

Rep. Grayson Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)

Rep. Slaughter Statement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (October 5, 2015)

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Rep. Nolan Statement on the Completion of TPP Negotiations (October 5, 2015)

Bipartisan Group Issues Letter Demanding Strong TPP Automotive Rules Of Origin

(September 30, 2015)

Congressional trade leaders express deep concern on TPP talks (September 30, 2015)

Congressional Progressive Co-Chairs Ask Obama Administration to Stand Against

Tobacco Companies (September 29, 2015)

House Democrats Call on State Department's Inspector General to Investigate Malaysia

Human Trafficking Upgrade (September 28, 2015)

Rep. Keith Ellison Statement on Chinese Currency Manipulation (September 25, 2015)

In Advance of Weekend TPP Negotiations, Bipartisan Group of 160 Representatives

Urge President to Address Currency Manipulation (September 25, 2015)

Sens. Brown, Portman Urge Administration to Address Currency Manipulation


Sens. Brown, Portman, and Stabenow: Trans-Pacific Partnership Must Support, Boost

U.S. Auto Manufacturing (September 10, 2015)

Following Administration's Refusal to Make Trans Pacific Trade Agreement Text

Accessible, Sen. Brown to Block Nominee to Key Trade Post (August 14, 2015)

Rep. Levin Statement on China's Currency Devaluation (August 11, 2015)

Sen. Brown Statement on China's Devaluation of Its Currency (August 11, 2015)

Sen. Portman Statement on China Again Lowering Value of its Currency (August 11,2015)

Sen. Grassley on China's Latest Currency Devaluation (August 11, 2015)

Sen. Menendez on Reports of Undue Political Pressure in Human Trafficking Report

(August 3, 2015)

Rep. Ellison Statement on Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations (August 2, 2015)

Rep. Levin Statement Following TPP Negotiations in Maui (July 31, 2015)

Rep. McGovern: Trade Deals Should Never Trump Human Rights (July 29, 2015)

Representatives Blumenauer, DelBene, Peters Lead Call for High Standard, Enforceable

Environmental Provisions in TPP (July 29, 2015)

Rep. Kaptur: Human Trafficking Decision Undermines American Workers (July 27,

2015)

Rep. Schakowsky Statement on Malaysia being upgraded in the State Department's

Trafficking in Persons Report (July 27, 2015)

Brown Statement on Malaysia's Tier-Ranking Upgrade in State Department's 2015

Trafficking in Persons Report (July 27, 2015)

Levin: Malaysia Upgrade in Annual Trafficking Report "Extremely Concerning" (July 27,

2015)

Sen. Menendez on Human Trafficking Report Politicization (July 27, 2015)

Representatives Blumenauer, Davis and Himes Urge Protection of Timely and Affordable

Access to Medicines in TPP (July 24, 2015)

Ways and Means Democrats Press USTR to Protect Anti-Tobacco Public Health

Measures in TPP Negotiations (July 24, 2015)

Levin Statement on ILRF Complaint that Peru Labor Practices in Violation of Free Trade

Agreement (July 23, 2015)

House Democratic Leaders Urge USTR to Allow Capital Controls in TPP Negotiations

(July 20, 2015)

160 Members of Congress Call on State Department to Not Upgrade Malaysia Ranking in

2015 Trafficking in P ersons Report (July 17, 2015)

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Brown, Portman Continue Push for Stronger Currency Manipulation Enforcement in

Ongoing Trade Negotiations (July 16, 2015)

Portman Cautions against Possible Unwarranted Ranking Upgrade for Malaysia in

Human Trafficking Report (July 15, 2015)

Members of Congress Write to Secretary Kerry Over Concerns with Human Trafficking

in Malaysia (July 17, 2015)

Rep. Bonamici Urges Secretary Kerry to Avoid Upgrading Malaysia'a Human Trafficking

Ranking (July 16, 2015)

Sen. Menendez Leads Bipartisan Senate Letter on Possible Unwarranted Ranking

Upgrade for Malaysia in Human Trafficking Report (July 15, 2015)

TPP in Focus: Why Mexico's Labor Standards Matter for TPP (July 10, 2015)

Rep. Lloyd Doggett on Altering of Malaysia's Human Trafficking Report Card (July 9,2015)

Rep. Levin Statement on Reports of Change in Malaysia Human Trafficking Ranking

(July 9, 2015)

Rep. Levin Statement on Visit by Vietnam General Secretary (July 7, 2015)

Boozman, Senators Urge Obama to Prioritize Human Rights in Meeting with Vietnamese

Government (July 6, 2015)

Rep. Ellison: Trans-Pacific Partnership a Bad Deal for Working Americans (June 25,

2015)

Rep. Watson Coleman Statement on TAA/AGOA Package (June 25, 2015)

Rep. Levin: Focus Must Now Be On Vital Issues In TPP (June 24, 2015)

Rep. Pocan to U.S. Trade Rep. Froman: Does the TPP include Climate Change Language

or Not? (June 17, 2015)

Sanders: TPP Must Be Defeated (June 15, 2015)

Rep. Garamendi Expresses Strong Opposition to Fast-Track Trade Bill and the Trans-

Pacific Partnership "Free Trade Agreement" (June 10, 2015)

Congresswoman Lee: "We Cannot Allow Another Bad Trade Deal To Jeopardize More

Jobs" (June 10, 2015)

Rep. Sarbanes Warns Against "Fast-Track Authority" and Criticizes Trans-Pacific

Partnership Agreement (June 10, 2015)

Sens. Peters, Brown Urge House Leadership to Require Congressional Approval of New

TPP Countries in Trade Bill (June 10, 2015)

Rep. Sewell Urges House Leaders to Include Enforceability Provisions in Any Trade

Deal (June 9, 2015)

Rep. Watson Coleman: Fast Track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership – Video (June 5,

2015)

Rep. Waters Urges President Obama to Keep U.S. Financial Reforms Out of TPP (June

5, 2015)

Rep. Gallego Stands with American Workers and Against Fast Track and TPP (June 3,

2015)

Sen. Sanders: Fighting for American Workers – Video (June 3, 2015)

Rep. Levin: TPA Not Now – The Obama Administration's Missed Opportunity to Get

TPP Right (June 1, 2015)

TPP in Focus: Is TPP the Most Progressive Trade Agreement in History? Not If You

Need Access to Affordable Medicines. (May 28, 2015)

Sen. Sanders Statement on Senate Vote on Job-Killing Trade Bill (May 23, 2015)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Trade Deal Should be Public Before Congress Votes on Fast

Track (May 22, 2015)

Senator Warren Releases Report Highlighting Decades of Broken Promises and Failures

to Enforce Labor Standards in Trade Agreements (May 18, 2015)

Sen. Sanders: No to Job-Killing Trade Bill (May 14, 2015)

Rep. DeLauro Calls For Release Of Trans-Pacific Partnership Food Safety Chapter (May

14, 2015)

Following News of Path Forward for Trade Deal, Sen. Brown Calls on President to Veto

Fast Track Bill Unless He Signs Enforcement Bill First (May 13, 2015)Sen. Udall Joins Senate Coalition Calling for Strong Labor Standards in Trans-Pacific

Partnership and Implementation of Standards in TPP Countries (May 11, 2015)

Sens. Markey, Brown, Cardin, Schumer, Stabenow, Casey, Fr anken, Baldwin, Peters,

Udall, Blumenthal, Schatz, Merkley, And Warren Call For Strong Labor Standards In

Trans-Pacific Partnership And Implementation Of Standards In TPP Countries (May 11,

2015)

Sen. Franken Says Labor Standards in Trans-Pacific Partnership Too Weak, Calls for

Improved Protections for Workers (May 11, 2015)

Brown Statement Following President's Visit to Nike Facility (May 9, 2015)

Sanders Statement on Obama at Nike HQ (May 8, 2015)

Sen. Casey, Erie Workers Detail How "Fast Tracking" Emerging Trade Deal Could Cost

Northwestern PA Jobs, Harm Wages (May 8, 2015)

Nike Know-How: Three Key Questions on Labor (May 7, 2015)

Sen. Sanders: Just Don't Do It (May 7, 2015)

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Sen. Schumer: Without Improvements to Trade Deal, Significant Number of

Manufacturing Jobs Would Go Overseas; Schumer Urges Senate to Support Bipartisan

Bill to Crack Down on China Currency Manipulation & Other Predatory Practices;

China’s Trade Practices Over the Past Decade, Including Currency Manipulation – Has

Erased Nearly 180,000 NY Jobs (May 6, 2015)

Rep. Lofgren leads bipartisan letter calling for enforceable human rights and labor

standards in Trans-Pacific Partnership (May 5, 2015)

As Congress Begins Debate on Fast Track for More Trade Deals, Sen. Brown Joins

Workers in Cleveland to Stand Against More NAFTA-Style Trade Deals (May 4, 2015)

Rep. Casey, Pittsburgh Workers Detail How "Fast Tracking" Emerging Trade Deal Could

Cost Western PA Jobs, Harm Wages (May 1, 2015)

Michigan Delegation Freshmen Urge Administration to Address Currency Manipulation(May 1, 2015)

Progressive Caucus Statement on Prime Minister Abe's Address (April 29, 2015)

Rep. Dingell Statement on Joint Address by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (April

29, 2015)

Kaptur Calls Out Japan for Unfair Trade Policies, Currency Manipulation (April 29,

2015)

Sen. Heinrich Opposes Trade Proposal (April 27, 2015)

As Trade Talks Continue, Sen. Brown Joins Workers in Toledo to Stand Against More

NAFTA-Style Fast-Tracked Trade Deals (March 30, 2015)

Sen. Brown Statement on Released Trans-Pacific Partnership Investment Provisions

(March 26, 2015)

Rep. DeLauro Statement On ISDS Trans-Pacific Partnership Chapter (March 26, 2015)

Members Of Congress To USTR: Stop Making False Claims On The Trade Deficit

(March 19, 2015)

Reps. Ryan, Kaptur To USTR: "Check Your Math On Trade Deficits" (March 19, 2015)

Sens. Baldwin, Merkley Introduce Trade Legislation to Level the Playing Field for

American Manufacturing (March 12, 2015)

Congresswoman Fudge Statement in Opposition to "Fast Track" Authority for the Trans-

Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement (March 11, 2015)

DeLauro, Slaughter Statement On US-Korea Trade Deficit Numbers (March 6, 2015)

DeFazio Urges Defeat of Controversial Trade Deal (March 4, 2015)

Workday Minnesota: Labor urges Congress to pump the brakes on fast track (March 3,

2015)

Standing Up for Workers Hit by Unfair Trade Deals (March 2, 2015)

Senators to U.S. Trade Rep: End Trade Deal Secrecy (February 28, 2015)

Senators to U.S. Trade Rep: End Trade Deal Secrecy (February 26, 2015)

Video: Trade Talks Continue, Baldwin Speaks Out on U.S. Trade Policy (February 26,

2015)

LGBT Members of Congress Raise Concerns About Including of Brunei and Malaysia in

TPP Negotiations (February 18, 2015)

Bipartisan Group Introduces Legislation to Crack Down on Currency Manipulation

(February 10, 2015)

Congressman Dan Kildee: Failure to Address Currency Manipulation in New Trade Deal

Would Hurt American Competitiveness, Risk U.S. Jobs (February 10, 2015)

Sanders: New Trade Deal Would Hurt American Workers (February 6, 2015)

Levin Opening Statement at Hearing on the U.S. Trade Policy Agenda (January 27, 2015)

Reps. Aguilar, Moulton and Torres Express Concerns with Fast Track and the TPP

(January 27, 2015)

Rep. Adams Writes to Pres. Obama to Voice Conerns with Fast Track for the TPP

(January 26, 2015)

Rep. Lipinski Opposes Giving Up Congressional Authority and Allowing President to

"Fast-Track" International Trade Agreements (January 22, 2015)

Rep. Ruben Gallego Leads Freshman Members in Calling for a Greater Role for

Congress to Ensure a New American Trade Policy Creates Middle Class Jobs (January21, 2015)

Following Call for Fast Track Authority During State of The Union Address, Brown

Urges Administration to Stand Up for American Workers and Businesses (January 20,

2015)

Rep. Norcross Writes to Obama to Express Serious Reservations with Fast Track for the

TPP (January 12, 2015)

DeLauro Statement On Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations (January 9, 2015)

Congresswoman Lee Speaks Out Against Fast Track for Trans-Pacific Partnership

(January 8, 2015)

Congressman Kildee Expresses "Grave Concern" Over President Obama's Push for Fast-

Tracking TPP Trade Deal (January 7, 2015)

Sanders Contrasts U.S. Trade Secrecy to EU Transparency (January 7, 2015)

Sanders: Trade Pact Terms Must be Disclosed (January 5, 2015)

Sanders: TPP Trade Deal a 'Disaster' (December 29, 2014)

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Senator Baldwin Questions Trans-Pacific Partnership Provisions That Would Make it

Harder to Prevent Financial Crises (December 19, 2014)

Warren: Senators Raise Concerns to USTR About Trans-Pacific Partnership Provisions

That Could Make it Harder to Prevent Financial Crises (December 19, 2014)

Sens. Warren, Markey and Baldwin Write to Express Their Concerns With the TPP's

Threats to Financial Stability (December 18, 2014)

Congressman Levin: The Focus Right Now Must be on TPP, not TPA (December 5,

2014)

Rep. Donna Edwards and Rep. Walter Jones Lead 122 Members of Congress on a Letter

Urging Obama to Protect "Buy American" Preferences in TPP (July 30, 2014)

Press Call: Reps. Edwards and DeLauro Urge Protection of "Buy American" in the TPP

(July 30, 2014)153 House Democrats to USTR Froman: Protect Workers' Rights in TPP Negotiations

(May 29, 2014)

Rep. DeLauro: Colombia FTA Inadequacies in Protecting Worker Rights Must Not be

Repeated in TPP (May 15, 2014)

Bipartisan Congressional Letter Highlights Dangers of Vietnamese Seafood in TPP (May

13, 2014)

Sen. Brown Urges Administration to Address TPP "Investor State" Provisions that

Would Empower Big Tobacco to Challenge Public Health Laws (May 1, 2014)

Sen. Wyden Calls For Transparency in Secretive Trade Deals (May 1, 2014)

Rep. DeLauro: "No Appetite to Provide the Administration with Fast Track Authority to

Ram Another Bad Trade Deal through Congress" (April 25, 2014)

Bipartisan Group of 63 Members of Congress Urge Obama Administration to Not Sign

TPP Unless Japan Eliminates Agricultural Tariffs (April 21, 2014)

DeFazio, Blumenauer, 120 Members of Congress Urge Environmental Protections in

Trade Deal (February 20, 2014)

Rep. Schakowsky and Colleagues Send Letter to President Obama Expressing Concern

Over Access to Affordable Health Care and the Trans Pacific Partnership (December 9,

2013)

Video: Members of Congress Speak Out on the House Floor Against the TPP (December

5, 2013)

DeLauro, Miller Lead 151 House Dems Telling President They Will Not Support

Outdated Fast Track for Trans-Pacific Partnership (see the letter here) (November 13,

2013)

11 Senators Urge USTR to Safeguard Tobacco Control Measures, Protect Public Health

in Trade Agreements (November 13, 2013)

6 House Republicans send letter to President Obama expressing opposition to Fast Track

trade authority (November 12, 2013)

23 House Republicans send letter to President Obama expressing opposition to Fast Track

trade authority (see the letter here) (November 12, 2013)

10 House Ways & Means Democrats send letter to President Obama expressing

opposition to Fast Track trade authority (see the letter here) (November 12, 2013)

56 Members of Congress Write President Obama Expressing Disappointment with Weak

U.S. TPP Tobacco Public Health Exception Proposal (October 30, 2013)

Sixty Senators Urge Administration to Crack Down on Currency Manipulation in Trans-

Pacific Partnership Talks (September 24, 2013)

Bipartisan congressional letter to USTR Froman calls for a balanced approach to

intellectual property and increased transparency in TPP negotiations (August 6, 2013)

California Democratic Party resolution calling for withdrawal from the TPP and for a

new, more transparent paradigm for trade negotiations (July 21, 2013)

Senator Warren Opposes Nomination of Froman for USTR; Cites Need for Transparency

in TPP Negotiations (June 19, 2013)

Representative Grayson Becomes First Member of Congress to View Secret Trade

Agreement (June 18, 2013)

Letter from Senator Elizabeth Warren to USTR Nominee Michael Froman calling for transparency in Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and a release of the negotiating

texts (June 13, 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)

230 Members of the House of Representatives Send Letter to President Obama Calling

for the TPP to Address Currency Manipulation (June 6, 2013)

More then 50 state legislators raise concerns about the TPP's threat to the environment in

letter to USTR (May 20, 2013)

Senator Elizabeth Warren warns of TPP's threat to U.S. financial regulations (video) (May

9, 2013)

Members of Congress Send a Letter to USTR Calling for Protection of Dolphin-Safe

Tuna labeling in the TPP (October 25, 2012)

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10 Senators Send a Letter to USTR Calling for a Strong Environment Chapter in the TPP

(October 10, 2012)

Rep. Lofgren Sends a Letter to USTR Calling for Transparency in TPP Negotiations


Video: Representative DeFazio speaks against the secrecy of the TPP negotiations on the

floor of Congress (September 13, 2012)

House Democrats Call On USTR To Allow Access To TPP Negotiations (August 28,

2012)

State Legislators From 50 States Urge TPP Negotiators to Reject Investor-State Dispute

Settlement (July 5, 2012)

Press Statement from Representative Darrell Issa on Being Denied TPP Observer Status

(July 1, 2012)132 Members of Congress Call for Transparency and Congressional Consultation in TPP

Negotiations (see the letter here) (June 27, 2012)

Senator Brown Announces 21st Century Trade Agreements & Market Access Act (June

27, 2012)

Senators Speak Out Against Lack of Transparency In TPP Negotiations (June 25, 2012)

Senate Finance Subcommittee on Trade Chair Ron Wyden Floor Statement on TPP

Secrecy, Undue Corporate Influence while Introducing Transparency Bill (May 23, 2012)

Rep. Frank and Rep. Levin Call on Administration to Clarify Position on Capital Controls

in TPP (May 23, 2012)

Manufacturing Groups' Letter to Sec. Geithner & USTR Kirk on TPP and Currency (May

22, 2012)

Rep. Donna Edwards & Rep. Nick Rahall Lead 69 Members of Congress to Urge Obama

to Protect "Buy American" Policies in TPP (May 3, 2012)

Letter from House Judiciary Committee Chair Smith and Ranking Member Conyers to

USTR Kirk Calling for Immigration Provisions to Not be Included in "Trade"

Agreements (March 5, 2012)

Japanese Representatives Petition Against Joining TPP Negotiations (November 10,

2011)

Japanese Representatives Emergency Resolution against an Immature Pledge to Join TPP

Negotiations (October 21, 2011)

Rep. Henry Waxman and Colleagues Write to Kirk on Access to Medicines in TPP

Negotiations (October 19, 2011)

Rep. John Lewis and Colleagues Write to Ambassador Kirk on TPP Public Health

Standards (September 8, 2011)

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro Statement on the TPP and Food Safety (September 7,

2011)

Senior House Democrats Letter to President Obama on Foreign Investor Privileges in the

TPP (December 15, 2010)

Congresswoman Linda Sanchez Urges Reform to US Trade Policy (December 15, 2010)

Democratic Ways and Means Committee Members' Letter to USTR Kirk on TPP

Negotiating Objectives (December 2010)

Rep. Wu to President Obama on TPP Democracy Clause (October 6, 2010)

Rep. Wu Calls for Promoting Human Rights in Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Talks

(October 6, 2010)

Letter from Four Senators to USTR Kirk Expressing Concerns with Transparency and

Labor, Human Rights in the TPP (March 12, 2010)

30 Senators Write to USTR Kirk Expressing Concerns on Increasing Dairy Market

Access for New Zealand in TPP Negotiations (March 11, 2010)

House Trade Working Group Letter to USTR Kirk on TPP (January 20, 2010)

Civil Society Organizations Speak Out

Early Statements from Labor, Consumer, Enviro, Etc. Organizations After TPP Text

Release (November 10, 2015)

Sierra Club Statement: TPP Text Is Concrete Evidence of Toxic Deal (November 10,

2015)

Sierra Club Analysis of TPP Environment Chapter (November 10, 2015)

Statements from Environmental Organizations on TPP Environment Chapter (November

10, 2015)

NRDC Statement on TPP Text Release: TPP Weakens Protections, Should Be Rejected

(November 10, 2015)

Defenders of Wildlife Statement on TPP Text Release: TPP Falls Short for Wildlife

(November 10, 2015)

United Steelworkers Statement: USW Opposes American Job-Killing TPP (November 10,

2015)

Environmental Investigation Agency Statement: EIA Does Not Support TPP (November

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10, 2015)

350.org Statement: TPP Text Confirms A Handout to the Fossil Fuel Industry (November

10, 2015)

Center for International Environmental Law Statement: TPP Text Threatens Environment,

Public Health, Democracy (November 10, 2015)

Friends of the Earth Statement: TPP Text Exposes Threat to Environment, Climate

(November 10, 2015)

Greenpeace Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)

AFL-CIO Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)

Communications Workers of America Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10,

2015)

Teamsters Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)International Trade Union Confederation Statement: Fears Over Trans-Pacific Partnership

Confirmed (November 10, 2015)

Machinists Union Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)

United Food and Commercial Workers Union Statement on TPP Text Release (November

10, 2015)

National Farmers Union Statement: TPP Will Fail Family Farmers and Ranchers

(November 10, 2015)

Alliance for Retired Americans Statement: TPP Text Proves Seniors Have Been Right to

Worry About Higher Prescription Drug Prices (November 10, 2015)

National Nurses United Statement: Final TPP Text Even Worse Than Advertised

(November 10, 2015)

NETWORK National Catholic Social Justice Lobby Statement on TPP Text Release

(November 10, 2015)

Food and Water Watch Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)

Doctors Without Borders Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)

Read more statements and letters: Expand List

Other Resources

Leak: WikiLeaks releases Investment Chapter of TPP negotiations (March 25, 2015)

Leak: WikiLeaks releases IP Chapter of TPP negotiations (October 2014)

Leak: WikiLeaks releases Environment Chapter of TPP negotiations (January 2014)

Leesburg Round Negotiations: Read about events and press coverage of the 14th TPP negotiating round, which

took place from September 6-15, 2012. Find our updates on the round here.

Dallas Round Negotiations: Read about events and press coverage of the 12th TPP negotiating round, which

took place from May 8-18, 2012.

Wallach and Beachy in the New York Times: Obama's Covert Trade Deal (June 2, 2013)

Read more: Expand List

Read more in our Trans-Pacific Partnership Ext ernal Resources

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Thi s init ial analysis is a compilation of contr ibuti ons by labor and public interest experts. For more in formation

on labor, jobs, wages, ROO, SOE and other terms, please contact: Celeste Drake, AFL-CI O; Owen Herrnstadt,

Machin ists Union; on the envi ronment, energy, climate and ISDS chall enges to such poli cies contact Ben

Beachy and I lana Solomon, Sierr a Club; on food safety and agri cul tur e issues, please contact Patri ck Woodall

and Tony Corbo, Food and Water Watch; on copyr ight issues, please contact Mair a Sutton and Jeremy

Malcolm, EF F; on I nvestment/I SDS, Fi nancial Services, National Securi ty and Other Exception Texts please

contact Lori Wall ach and Robij n van Giesen , Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch; on access to medicines

impl ications of patent and medicine pricing rules, please contact Peter Maybarduk, and Bu rcu Ki li c, Public

Citizen ’s Access to Medicines program.

Initial Analyses

Secret TPP Text Unveiled: It’s Worse than We Thought

MARKET ACCESS: Where is the Upside for U.S. Workers and ProducersBecause Downside is Clear

The TPP lowers U.S. tariffs to zero, giving our competitors unfettered access to the U.S. market whilesome other countries are allowed dramatically longer periods of time to open their markets.

The ability of other countries, like Vietnam, to maintain their tariffs for significant periods of timewill provide further incentives for U.S. companies to outsource production and offshore jobs and useVietnam as an export platform to send their products back to the U.S. A good example of this is ourexperience with China where more than 45% of the products produced by foreign-invested enterprises

are exported to the U.S. rather than sold to Chinese consumers.

According to an initial analysis published in the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. market accessconcessions alone will increase the U.S. trade deficit in manufactured goods and autos and auto parts by more than $55 billion dollars resulting in the loss of more than 330,000 jobs.

Tariffs are not the only impediment to U.S. exports to TPP countries. The TPP countries with whomthe U.S. does not have existing free trade agreements with have utilized various market accessimpediments as well as maintain state-owned enterprises and non-market economic policies(Vietnam) to ensure the success of their companies. The TPP will do little to ensure that access forU.S. exports will increase to offset the flood of imports that are anticipated.

Currency manipulation can ensure that any “market access” achieved in this chapter is undermined.

RULES OF ORIGIN CHAPTER: ROOs, Particularly for Autos, Won’t

Promote Jobs in U.S., Or Wider TPP Area

The single most critical area where the rules of origin concern domestic production and the workforceis in the auto and auto parts sector. The TPP dramatically lowers the existing North AmericanFree Trade Agreement requirement of 62.5% content (which itself did not work well and

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value content standard based on the net cost method. This is a substantial drop in the

requirement for content that will increase the percentage of parts from China and other non-

TPP countries that could be in a vehicle and still qualify for the vast preferences of the

Agreement.

o Essentially, an auto with 55% Chinese content could be considered to be Made in America

or Made in the TPP under the provisions of the Agreement, qualifying for its tariff benefit

while undermining the premise that somehow China would have to raise its standards in order to benefit from the TPP.

In the final days of the negotiations, the TPP text was modified to include a new provision that

would grant preferences for additional parts that would be considered to be made by a TPP

country whether or not they, in fact, were actually produced in those countries. This newapproach opens up a huge loophole that might, in fact, result in the stated 45% requirement actually being closer to 30-35% making it the lowest rule of origin requirement of any FTA involving the U.S.

o This new provision establishes a standard that appears to be similar to a “deemed

originating” standard — meaning many important auto parts will count as TPP-originating

whether or not they actually came from a TPP country. Parts subject to this weaker ruleinclude certain body parts, glass and other items.

In addition, the rules of origin would potentially allow for further reductions in the value of the

content that might have to come from a TPP country to qualify for the Agreement’s

benefits: parts that met the low thresholds in the Agreement would then be considered to

originate in the TPP essentially then being considered to be 100% sourced in the TPP, driving

the nominal 45% regional value content down even further.

The Wall Street Journal published an initial estimate that the U.S. trade deficit in autos and

auto parts would increase by $23 billion making it the single greatest loser of any sector.

Finally, it is important to note that additional countries could “dock on” to this agreement in the

future. Therefore, the ROO standard could prove to be weakened over time as more production

is shifted to non-TPP countries, threatening U.S.-based auto supply chain jobs.

PROCUREMENT CHAPTER: Rules on Buy America, Buy Local -

America’s Domestic Producers & Their Employees, Responsible

Purchasing Policies Net Losers

Trade commitments that require the federal government to treat foreign bidders as if they were U.S.

bidders undermine one of most important job creation tools: fiscal policy. Governments should be

able to use stimulus funds to create jobs within their borders, and not be required to spend those funds

to create jobs elsewhere — nor should developing countries be prevented from using their limited funds

on domestic stimulus. That is why the AFL-CIO recommended omitting a Government Procurement

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The TPP gives bidders from Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and other TPP countries expansive

access to U.S. goods, services, and construction contracts.

It is not clear that responsible bidding criteria (such as a requirement that a bidder not have

outstanding environmental clean-up obligations or the use of bonus points for bidders with

better safety records) will be free from “barriers to trade” type challenges.

Though the agreement does not cover state procurement at this time, the TPP requires that the

Parties “commence negotiations with a view to achieving expanded coverage, including sub-

central coverage” within three years. Such provisions could undermine popular local and state

preference programs.

Given that USTR has not produced any studies showing that Government Procurement provisions in

prior agreements are net job and wage winners for U.S.-based workers — despite repeated requests —

we can only conclude that such evidence does not exist and that this entire chapter is a gain for global

corporations, but not for U.S. workers.

Partial list U.S. procuring entities now open to TPP bidders (there are at list 93 specific procuringentities listed): Department of Transportation (in part), Department of Defense (in part), Department

of Veterans Affairs, Department of State, Department of Agriculture (in part), Department of

Homeland Security (in part), General Services Administration, The Smithsonian Institution, Federal

Prison Industries, Inc., Federal Reserve System, Federal Communications Commission, Tennessee

Valley Authority (except Malaysia)

ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER: The TPP Would Increase Risks to Our Air,

Water, and Climate

Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) Rollback: The TPP actually takes a step backfrom the environmental protections of all U.S. free trade agreements (FTAs) since 2007 with respectto MEAs. Past deals have required each of our FTA partners to “adopt, maintain, and implement laws,regulations, and all other measures to fulfill its obligations under ” seven core MEAs. The TPP,however, only requires countries in the pact to “adopt, maintain, and implement” domestic policies tofulfill one of the seven core MEAs – the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ofWild Fauna and Flora (CITES). This regression violates:

o The bipartisan “May 2007” agreement between then-President George W. Bush and congressionalDemocrats;

o

The minimum degree of environmental protection required under the Bipartisan CongressionalTrade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, also known as “fast track;” and

o The minimum obligation needed to deter countries from violating their critical commitments inenvironmental treaties in order to boost trade or investment.

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obligations combined with weak enforcement, as described below, may allow countries to continuewith business-as-usual practices that threaten our environment.

o Illegal Trade in Flora and Fauna: Rather than prohibiting trade in illegally taken timber andwildlife – major issues in TPP countries like Peru and Vietnam – the TPP only asks countries “tocombat” such trade. To comply, the text requires only weak measures, such as “exchanginginformation and experiences,” while stronger measures like sanctions are merely listed as options.

o Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing: Rather than obligating countries to abide bytrade-related provisions of regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) that could help prevent illegally caught fish from entering international trade, the TPP merely calls on countries to“endeavor not to undermine” RFMO trade documentation – a non-binding provision that couldallow the TPP to facilitate increased trade in IUU fish.

o Shark Finning and Commercial Whaling: Rather than banning commercial whaling and shark fintrade – major issues in TPP countries like Japan and Singapore – the TPP includes a toothlessaspiration to “ promote the long-term conservation of sharks…and marine mammals” via a non- binding list of suggested measures that countries “should” take.

Climate Change Omission: Despite the fact that trade can significantly increase climate-disrupting

emissions by spurring increased shipping, consumption, and fossil fuel exports, the TPP text fails toeven mention the words “climate change” or the United Nations Framework Convention on ClimateChange – the international climate treaty that all TPP countries are party to.

Lack of Enforcement: Even if the TPP’s conservation terms included more specific obligations andfewer vague exhortations, there is little evidence to suggest that they would be enforced, given thehistorical lack of enforcement of environmental obligations in U.S. trade pacts. The United States hasnever once brought a trade case against another country for failing to live up to its environmentalcommitments in trade agreements – even amid documented evidence of countries violating thosecommitments.

For example, the U.S.-Peru FTA, passed in 2007, included a Forestry Annex that not only requiredPeru “to combat trade associated with illegal logging,” but included eight pages of specific

reforms that Peru had to take to fulfill this requirement. The obligations were far more detailed

than any found in the TPP environment chapter, and were subject to the same enforcement

mechanism. But after more than six years of the U.S. – Peru trade deal, widespread illegal logging

remains unchecked in Peru's Amazon rain forest. In a 2014 investigation, Peru’s own government

found that 78 percent of wood slated for export was harvested illegally. For years, U.S.

environmental groups have asked the U.S. government to use the FTA to counter Peru’s extensive

illegal logging. Yet to date, Peru has faced no formal challenges, much less penalties, for violating

its trade pact obligations. It is hard to imagine that the TPP’s weaker provisions would be more

successful in combatting conservation challenges.

New Rights for Fossil Fuel Corporations to Challenge Climate Protections

The TPP would undermine efforts to combat the climate crisis, empowering foreign fossil fuelcorporations to challenge our environmental and climate safeguards in unaccountable tradetribunals via the controversial investor-state dispute settlement system.


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The TPP’s extraordinary rights for foreign corporations virtually replicate those in past pacts thathave enabled more than 600 foreign investor challenges to the policies of more than 100governments, including a moratorium on fracking in Quebec, a nuclear energy phase-out inGermany, and an environmental panel’s decision to reject a mining project in Nova Scotia.

In one fell swoop, the TPP would roughly double the number of firms that could use this system tochallenge U.S. policies. Foreign investor privileges would be newly extended to more than 9,000firms in the United States. That includes, for example, the U.S. subsidiaries of BHP Billiton, one

of the world's largest mining companies, whose U.S. investments range from coal mines in NewMexico to offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico to fracking operations in Texas.

Locking in Natural Gas Exports and Fracking: The TPP’s provisions regarding natural gas would

require the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to automatically approve all exports of liquefied natural

gas (LNG) to all TPP countries – including Japan, the world’s largest LNG importer. This would:

o Facilitate Increased Fracking: Increased natural gas production would mean more fracking, whichcauses air and water pollution, health risks, and earthquakes, according to a litany of studies.

o Exacerbate Climate Change: LNG is a carbon-intensive fuel with significantly higher life-cyclegreenhouse gas emissions than natural gas. LNG dependency spells more climate disruption.

o Increased Dependence on Fossil Fuel Infrastructure: LNG export requires a large new fossil fuelinfrastructure, including a network of natural gas wells, terminals, liquefaction plants, pipelines,and compressors that help lock in climate-disrupting fossil fuel production.

LABOR CHAPTER: Vietnam, Malaysia Side Agreements a New Low,

Labor Text Does Not Make Significant, Meaningful improvements Over

Bush Standards that Have Not Improved Conditions

Firms that can operate in conditions in which ILO core labor standards are not respected drive down

wages and working conditions, drawing in additional investment, enabling social dumping of lower-

priced goods, and suppressing wages and working conditions in other markets against which

producers everywhere are forced to “compete.”

Past trade agreements, even those that contain the so-called “May 10” provisions, failed to

protect labor rights and reverse the race to the bottom. The TPP Labor Chapter does not make

significant, meaningful improvements over the nearly decade old George W. Bush era standard.

Rather, the side arrangements made with Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei represent a new low. The

“achievements” touted by USTR appear to be of limited value.

The vast majority of the recommendations made by organized labor were completely ignored. A

sampling of labor asks omitted from the TPP:

o To improve compliance and enforceability, define the core labor standards, e.g., by referring to ILO

Conventions

o To protect workers and raise wages, require that Parties not waive or derogate from any of their labor

laws (laws implementing either ILO Core Conventions or acceptable conditions of work) —

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o To protect workers and raise wages, define “acceptable conditions of work ” more broadly to include

such concepts as payment of all wages and benefits legally owed and compensation in cases of

occupational injuries and illnesses

o To increase compliance with labor obligations, include commitments aimed at ensuring effective

labor inspections

o To increase compliance with labor obligations, allow a petitioner to make a complaint based on a

single egregious violation, rather than waiting for a “sustained or recurring course of action” to occur

o

To remove requirement that violations must be in a manner affecting trade or investment between the

parties”, which leaves out most public sector workers.

o To prevent abuse of vulnerable workers and a spiral to the bottom in wages and working conditions,

ensure migrant workers receive the same rights and remedies as a country’s nationals

o To prevent human trafficking and forced labor, establish enforceable rules for international labor

recruiters

o To ensure timely enforcement and reduce unwarranted delays, establish clear, universal timelines for

consideration of labor complaints

o To reduce excessive discretion to ignore or delay labor complaints, require that a Party that has

received a meritorious complaint will promptly and zealously pursue the case (to avoid years-long

delays like those confronted in the Guatemala and Honduras cases)o To help raise standards across the region, create an independent labor secretariat that researches

emerging labor issues and reports on best practices and establish Trans-Pacific works councils for

firms operating in more than one TPP country

Instead, the USTR made minor changes likely to have little impact:

o The commitment to “discourage” trade in goods made with forced labor is not equivalent to a

commitment to prohibit trade in such goods. It could be met by hanging a poster, for example.

o The commitment to have laws regarding acceptable conditions of work fails to set standards for such

laws. The minimum wage in Brunei could be a penny an hour, for example.

o

The commitment not to waive or derogate from laws implementing acceptable conditions of work inan Export Processing Zone leaves most TPP workers unprotected. The commitment is too narrow to

be of clear value to workers.

o Too much of the new text (vis a vis “May 10”) relies on legally imprecise language like “may” and

“endeavor to encourage”. Such language, which is aspirational rather than obligatory, does not

provide the clear protections workers in the region need to organize, collectively bargain, and raise

their wages in a safe and just working environment. Aspirational language will not help build new

markets for U.S. products.

Analysis of the country specific plans to follow in the coming days, but we note with great

disappointment the l

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