What's Actually in the Trans Pacific Partnership?

American Thinker ^ | 11/20/2015 | By Howard Richman, Raymond Richman and Jesse Richman

[SeekAndFind]

On November 5, the White House released the text of the 5,544 page Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) that President Obama had just finished negotiating under the FastTrack authority that Congress gave him. That trade pact can no longer be amended. The up-or-down votes in the House and Senate will take place as early as January 2016.

So what’s in the TPP? Here’s a quick summary:

1. A legislative body superior to Congress
2. A vehicle to pass Obama’s climate change treaty
3. Increased legal immigration
4. Reduced patent protection for U.S. pharmaceuticals
5. Quotas on U.S. agricultural exports
6. Increased currency manipulation
7. Reduced U.S. power

That’s the summary. Here are the details.

1. A Legislative Body Superior to Congress

It turns out that Senator Jeff Sessions was correct when he said that the treaty creates a new legislative body called the “Commission,” a term meant to invoke the European Commission, known for its recent decision to require that all the countries of the European Union take in Moslem refugees from the Middle East.

This is not a limited government. This is a government that can decide almost everything. Here is the relevant passage from Article 27 of the treaty itself:

The Parties hereby establish a Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission (Commission) which shall meet at the level of Ministers or senior officials, as mutually determined by the Parties. Each Party shall be responsible for the composition of its delegation…. The Commission shall:… (c) consider any proposal to amend or modify this Agreement;… (h) take such other action as the Parties may agree….

[Diogenesis]

Any GOP candidate who helped pass this in any manner
should be ignored until they get on their knees
begging forgiveness for passing, or allowing the vote,
of this SECRET ObamaTRADE.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Read section 10. It allows UNLIMITED visas for foreign workers.(including their families) Plain-wrap amnesty is a bargain compared to this.

[Perseverando]

BTTT! Bye, Bye, U.S. sovereignty.

[Wolfie]

It also opens up the service sector to forein companies and allowes them to bring in their own foreign employees.

[stephenjohnbanker]

I should have added that thanks.

This is indeed hell on earth for Americans.

[hal ogen]

Many of our “leaders” are TRAITORS.