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NCarolinawoman

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3. ....and that trade rep doesn't have to worry that he will be unemployed because of this.

Reply to limpyhobbler (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 02:35 PM

Sep 2012

The people who negotiate these deals are above all that.

I wonder if they might think to put environmental laws and workers' rights into these "free trade" partnerships. That was suppose to happen during the first NAFTA agreement. They never were enforced.

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U.S. Trade Rep Confident About Trans-Pacific Partnership [View all] limpyhobbler Sep 2012 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Sep 2012 #1

As though NAFTA needed steroids. Nt xchrom Sep 2012 #2

....and that trade rep doesn't have to worry that he will be unemployed because of this. NCarolinawoman Sep 2012 #3

Obama's screw American workers trade pact nt msongs Sep 2012 #4

The T-pee-pee is NOT a trade agreement. It's a Bill of Rights for corporate profits. fasttense Sep 2012 #5