[Isara]

Apologies, just realized I was using FTA rather than TPA. I do understand the difference but even I’m getting mixed up in the alphabet soup. I suppose this is intentional. It’s just too complicated and I should go back to watching Kardashians.

Check this article:

Leading Anti-’ObamaTrade’ Activist Is a Longtime Democrat Political Operative

By tailoring his disinformation to appeal to conservatives, the career Democrat operative is attempting to make the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) toxic to Republicans.

[Roland]

Interesting article, but it’s no secret that unions are strongly opposed to this along with many dems. Although in this case I believe they’re correct. The GOP has always relied on funding from the chamber of commerce and business. Unfortunately these days there is much cronyism and unethical greed that hides behind capitalism. The corporate attorneys involved in the trade negotiations are not there to represent our interests or even small business but a very select group. I wonder how much of a payoff it requires get your lawyer on the negotiation team.

[Isara]

Leading Anti-’ObamaTrade’ Activist Is a Longtime Democrat Political Operative

By tailoring his disinformation to appeal to conservatives, the career Democrat operative is attempting to make the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) toxic to Republicans.

Lachlan Markay of the Washington Free Beacon looked into the group behind the anti- TPP website, ObamaTrade.com, and found it is funded by Curtis Ellis, the progressive three-time Dem candidate for Congress.

Curtis Ellis leads a group called the American Jobs Alliance that vehemently opposes the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and “fast-track” authority that would expedite its congressional consideration. Ellis calls the latter “ObamaTrade.”