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To: MN_Mike
Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, is calling on President Barack Obama to publicly release the text of Obamatrade immediately.

“Of course, I support free and fair trade,” Fiorina said in an email to Breitbart News.

But President Obama has made lofty promises before and we’ve learned with this White House that the devil is in the details. And the details are frequently very different than the lofty goals with which he describes the deal. So I’d like President Obama to tell us what’s in his trade deal before we grant him this broad fast track authority. So far, though, he’s been unwilling to do that and Hillary won’t even take a position on it. That should concern us. Mr. President, if you want TPA to pass, please just tell us what is in TPP.

Fiorina’s call for transparency on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Pacific Rim trade deal comes right after the U.S. Senate passed Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to fast track that deal—and right before the House is angling to take up the deal.

It also comes on the heels of revelations that several lieutenants of House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) — who supports the deal and is using his allies like Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rules Committee chairman Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), the two specific lieutenants in question — haven’t read the text of TPP, which TPA would ensure the passage of.

6 posted on 06/04/2015 9:46:46 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: vbmoneyspender

I hear this was Carly’s request. She obviously is seeking political opportunism because TPP is not as of yet publicly disclosed.

What she doesn’t understand (or prefers to not understand) is that once TPA is approved, there is a mandatory 60-day public viewing window for each and every trade agreement proposal including TPA


8 posted on 06/04/2015 9:49:56 PM PDT by MN_Mike (Cruz 2016)
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