I mainly agree with you. I think that since the US is sitting at the head of the trade table (so to speak) we could afford to have our Congress debate particular parts of the trade agreement and force other countries to meet us somewhere between our sellout President and our protectionist Congress. It would be like good-cop bad-cop.
However, I understand the argument that says that process would complicate things and if we want to get an agreement we need to negotiate in good faith with one voice. And that is why we need fast track authority.
With all of that being said, from what has been released publicly so far, it sounds like TPP is a terrible deal for liberty, the middle class, the American economy, etc...
I won’t call for anyone’s head over passing fast track authority but I will if they pass TPP and it is as bad as it has been made out to be.
It will be too late then to call for cutting off anyone’s head.
We don’t know everything that’s in it. We have scattered leaks of toxic elements that the PTB are already running out the clock on.
We have to see it. If we wait until after it’s law, we might as well cut off our own heads.