Here's who can see it: Halliburton, Cargill and Wal-mart. Also 600 "advisers," 84 percent of whom represent corporate interests.
Eight members of Congress -- good friends of the Teamsters -- demand access to the round of TPP negotiations that will take place in Northern Virginia next week.
They are all Democrats: Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, George Miller of California, Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, Nick Rahall of West Virginia, Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, Donna Edwards of Maryland, Peter DeFazio of Oregon and John Conyers of Michigan.
Public Citizen reports:
On Tuesday eight Members of Congress sent a letter to Ambassador Ron Kirk, head of USTR, requesting observer access to the upcoming TPP negotiations in Leesburg, VA which will take place September 6 –15, 2012.
The letter follows one in June in which 132 members of the House of Representatives called on the Obama Administration to release the text of the TPP and engage Congress on negotiating priorites. Having received no response, these eight members have followed up to request direct congressional oversight of the TPP negotiations...And by the way, ever notice that the press ignores offshore outsourcing, bad trade deals, foreign guest workers and how they destroy jobs for U.S. citizens?
