Ted Cruz 2016 : Demands TPP Public Disclosure -- REFUSES Obama-Boehner-Ryan Secret TPP Treason !

Kuhner Radio Report ^ | 2015-06-13 | Patton@Bastogne

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A Note to Conservatives on Trade Agreements


Senator Cruz entirely understands the widespread suspicion of the President. Nobody has been more vocal in pointing out the President’s lawlessness or more passionate about fighting his usurpation of congressional authority.

Senator Cruz would not and will not give President Obama one more inch of unrestricted power.



There have been a lot of questions and concerns about 2the ongoing Pacific trade negotiations. Many of those concerns, fueled by the media, stem from confusion about Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Let’s unpack the issues one by one.



What are TPA and TPP?


TPA stands for Trade Promotion Authority, also known as “fast track”. TPA is a process by which trade agreements are approved by Congress. Through TPA, Congress sets out up-front objectives for the Executive branch to achieve in free trade negotiations; in exchange for following those objectives, Congress agrees to hold an up-or-down vote on trade agreements without amendments. For the past 80 years, it has proven virtually impossible to negotiate free-trade agreements without the fast-track process.



TPP stands for Trans-Pacific Partnership. TPP is a specific trade agreement currently being negotiated by the United States and 11 other countries, including Canada, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. China is not a negotiating partner. There is no final language on TPP because negotiations are still ongoing and have been since late 2009. Neither the Senate nor the House has voted yet on the TPP. There will be no vote on TPP until the negotiations are over and the final agreement is sent to Congress.



Some Key Facts:


· Neither the Senate nor the House has voted yet on the TPP.

· Congress is the only entity that can make U.S. law and nothing about TPP or TPA could change that.

· TPA gives the Congress more control up-front over free trade agreements.

· TPA mandates transparency by requiring all trade agreements (including TPP) to be made public for at least 60 days before the Congress can act on them.



Does TPA give up the Senate’s treaty power?

No. Under the Constitution, there are two ways to make binding law: (1) through a treaty, ratified by two-thirds of the Senate, or (2) through legislation passed by a majority of both Houses of Congress. TPA employs the second constitutional path, as trade bills always have done. It has long been recognized that the Constitution’s Origination Clause applies to trade bills, requiring the House of Representatives’ involvement.



Does the United States give up Sovereignty by entering into TPP?

No. Nothing in the agreement forces Congress to change any law. TPA explicitly provides that nothing in any trade agreement can change U.S. law. Congress is the only entity that can make U.S. law, and Congress is the only entity that can change U.S. law. Nothing about TPP or TPA could change that.



Does Senator Ted Cruz support TPP?

Senator Cruz has not taken a position either in favor or against TPP. He will wait until the agreement is finalized and he has a chance to study it carefully to ensure that the agreement will open more markets to American-made products, create jobs, and grow our economy. Senator Cruz has dedicated his professional career to defending U.S. sovereignty and the U.S. Constitution. He will not support any trade agreement that would diminish or undermine either.



Does Senator Ted Cruz support TPA?

Yes. Senator Cruz voted in favor of TPA earlier this year because it breaks the logjam that is preventing the U.S. from entering into trade deals that are good for American workers, American businesses, and our economy. Ronald Reagan emphatically supported free trade, and Senator Cruz does as well. He ran for Senate promising to support free trade, and he is honoring that commitment to the voters.

Free trade helps American farmers, ranchers, and manufacturers; indeed, one in five American jobs depends on trade, in Texas alone 3 million jobs depend on trade. When we open up foreign markets, we create American jobs.

TPA also strengthens Congress’ hand in trade negotiations, and provides transparency by making the agreement (including TPP) public for at least 60 days before the Congress can act on any final agreement. Without TPA, there is no such transparency, and the Congress’ role in trade agreements is weaker.



Is TPA Constitutional?

TPA and similar trade authority has been upheld by the Supreme Court as constitutional for more than 100 years.



Does TPA give the President more authority?

No. TPA ensures that Congress has the ability to set the objectives up-front for free trade agreements.

Trade Promotion Authority has been used to reduce trade barriers since FDR. When Harry Reid took over the Senate, he killed it. History demonstrates that it is almost impossible to negotiate a free-trade agreement without TPA. Right now without TPA, America is unable to negotiate free-trade agreements, putting the United States at a disadvantage to China, which is taking the lead world-wide. It is not in America’s interests to have China writing the rules of international trade.

Moreover, Obama is going to be president for just 18 more months. TPA is six-year legislation. If we want the next president (hopefully a Republican) to be able to negotiate free-trade agreements to restart our economy and create jobs here at home then we must reinstate TPA. With a Republican president in office, Senate Democrats would almost certainly vote party-line to block TPA, so now is the only realistic chance.



How can Senator Cruz trust Obama?

He doesn’t. Not at all. No part of Senator Cruz’s support for TPA was based on trusting Obama. However, under TPA, every trade deal is still subject to approval by Congress. If the Obama Administration tries to do something terrible in a trade agreement, Congress can vote it down. And most congressional Democrats will always vote no—because union bosses oppose free trade, so do most Democrats—which means a handful of conservative congressional Republicans have the votes to kill any bad deal. That’s a serious check on presidential power.



Isn’t TPP a “living agreement”?

That particular phrase—a foolish and misleading way to put it—is found in the “summary” portion of one particular section of the draft agreement. That section allows member nations to amend the agreement in the future, expressly subject to the approval of their governments. Thus, if some amendment were proposed in the future, Congress would have to approve it before it went into effect.



But isn’t TPA a secret agreement?

No, it is not. The full text of TPA (fast track) is public. What the Senate just voted for was TPA, not TPP.

Right now, the text of TPP is classified. That is a mistake. Senator Cruz has vigorously called on the Obama administration to make the full text of TPP open to the public immediately. The text being hidden naturally only fuels concerns about what might be in it. Senator Cruz has read the current draft of TPP, and it should be made public now.



Critically, under TPA, TPP cannot be voted on until after the text has been public for 60 days. Therefore, everyone will be able to read it long before it comes up for a vote.



Couldn’t Obama use a trade agreement to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants?

No. There is one section of TPP that concerns immigration, but it affects only foreign nations—the United States has explicitly declined to sign on to that section.

Moreover, Senator Cruz introduced a TPA amendment to expressly prohibit any trade deal from attempting to alter our immigration laws. [LINK to release.]

Two Republican Senators (Lindsey Graham and Rand Paul) blocked the Senate’s consideration of that amendment, but the House of Representatives has agreed to include that language in the final text of the trade legislation. Thus, assuming the House honors that public commitment, federal law will explicitly prohibit any trade deal from impacting immigration.

And, regardless, no trade agreement can change U.S. law; only Congress can change U.S. law.









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[USS Alaska]

Ted Cruz is a sellout. I can understand your need to rationalize and stick your head in the sand, it hurts when your icons turn on you. But you should ask yourself now: am I a lemming or a man.

You've been on FR for 15 minutes and already you are a ZOT.

Patton the original and Patton of FR are both men, you are neither lemming nor man, you are a pussycat.

[z taxman]

I listened to the Hewitt interview and all I heard, pertaining to TPA was bs. I believe Sen. Sessions that TPA doesn’t weaken Obama’s hand like Cruz lies about but strengthens it.

[Patton@Bastogne]

Best Regards ...

[Patton@Bastogne]

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You've been on FR for 15 minutes and already you are a ZOT.

Pilgrim ... at least try to get your facts straight ...

I've been here since 1998 ... actually since 1996, while you were still in diapers (your 2004 sign-up) ...

BTW ... thanks for your service on the USS Alaska ... a damn fine boat indeed ...



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[philman_36]

Does the United States give up Sovereignty by entering into TPP?
No. Nothing in the agreement forces Congress to change any law. TPA explicitly provides that nothing in any trade agreement can change U.S. law. Congress is the only entity that can make U.S. law, and Congress is the only entity that can change U.S. law. Nothing about TPP or TPA could change that.

Really? How can the writer know this as...
There is no final language on TPP because negotiations are still ongoing and have been since late 2009.

Is "faith" in this writer's assertions all I'm supposed to have?

More questions.

[IWONDR]

what i don’t understand is why, if this legislation is so good for America, that there is so much secrecy involved and a rush to passage? it smells like the stealth passage of Obamacare. once it becomes law, then we will learn what WE have given up. and can we trust this president to not interpret its passage as Congress giving him the green light to do whatever he pleases regardless of how the law is written?

[philman_36]

Congress is the only entity that can make U.S. law, and Congress is the only entity that can change U.S. law.

That's some fine parsing of words there too. I see "regulations", which is what is really crippling America, are not mentioned.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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We "all" here agree that the "secret" STINKS ...

Ted Cruz agrees as well ...

Don't let the Rand Paul folks LIE to you and tell you otherwise ...



Ted Cruz WILL NOTE VOTE FOR A SECRET TPP Agreement.

Period.

I (gently) challenge anyone to provide a "written quote" evidence where Ted Cruz says he will vote for a secret TPP agreement ...

You "will not" find it.

Cowboy up, or go home ... Guys ...


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[Flick Lives]

I do have to apologize for my earlier post criticizing Cruz. I wrote that before I saw the Photoshopped image of Cruz and Reagan together in front of an America flag. I’m such an inbred moron that as soon as I saw that picture I knew that anything Ted Cruz thinks is right for America must be just fine!

LOL! The only thing missing from the picture were unicorns, bald eagles, and perhaps bacon. Some bacon would have sealed the deal for me. Everything is better with bacon!

[Diogenesis]

Ted Cruz is a sell out.

TPA passed thanks to HIM.
It will NOT be forgotten.
EVER.

Hope his wife made a lot of $$$$$$$$$$ off it
because he is now damaged as a candidate,
and many of those who supported him, no longer care.

[philman_36]

Trade Act of 2015
...the agreement referred to in section 101(d)(2) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act...
...the agreement referred to in section 101(d)(13) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act...

Lots of definitions come from there.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Uruguay Round Agreements Act’’

[Diogenesis]

Stop making things up.

Cruz helped pass TPA. Period.
THAT was ‘bat sh$t crazy’ and ended
his support on FR and amongst conservatives.

C’est finis.

[Junk Silver]

“I (gently) challenge anyone to provide a “written quote” evidence where Ted Cruz says he will vote for a secret TPP agreement ... “

No, Ted is supporting the TPA which cedes the treaty authority of Congress to Obama and makes the passage of the TPP inevitable. Cruz can vote against the actual TPP and claim he’s against it, this won’t matter after TPA is enacted. This is the exact same scam Cruz exposed with the Obamacare cloture issue.

If you want to tell me that the TPP is not a treaty but rather a benevolent trade pact that will benefit American workers then let me read the damn thing.

[philman_36]

Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and the Role of Congress in Trade Policy Technically, TPA is not necessary to begin or even conclude trade negotiations, but it is widely understood to be a key element of defining congressional authority, and of passing trade agreement implementing legislation.

[bert]

tough...... now you can complain for ever about Sarah not running

you are effectively out of the race with no one left to vote for

Too bad

[Mouton]

We have been conducting trade negotiations since 1790, why do we need to change how we conduct these negotiations now while under the rule of an autocratic despot? I see nothing to be gained by going along with any of this, perhaps except the authority to conduct negotiations as most Presidents have had in recent memory. The rest of the stuff, no way...I don't want our rules given away to any international anti US body, period.

[Erik Latranyi]

Ted Cruz May 2015:

Sen. Cruz. “I am a strong supporter of free trade, but I cannot support legislation that would allow the President to once again circumvent Congress to enact his own immigration laws.

Ted Cruz in June 2015:

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) “is not giving the president more authority” and that Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is “not accurate” in some of his claims regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Friday’s broadcast of “The Kuhner Report” on Boston’s WRKO.

[Erik Latranyi]

Your candidate speaks out both sides of his mouth. See my last post.

[philman_36]

If enacted, TPA-2015 will expire on July 1, 2021, pr ovided an extension disapproval resolution is not introduced and passed by either chamber by July 1, 2018 (see below). TPA-2015 may be used to consider potential agreements resulting from several ongoing negotiations, including •The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a regional FTA the United States is negotiating with 11 partner countries in the Asia-Pacific.
•The Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) being negotiated with the European Union (EU).
•A Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), a plurilateral trade negotiation to seek expanded commitments in services trade.
•An Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA), a plurilateral agreement being negotiated at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to reduce or eliminate tariff and nontariff barriers on goods to promote the environment.

It may also be used to consider any agreement resulting from the Doha Round of WTO multilateral trade negotiations.

Nobody looks to the future.