
The text of the Obama administration’s Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal between the United States and 11 other countries reverses policies that were originally put into place to prevent a foreign takeover of the nation’s infrastructure, argues political consultant Curtis Ellis, who adds that the deal threatens U.S. national security interests.
by Alex Swoyer21 Dec 2015, 2:20 PM PST0

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) released a statement warning against the possibility that a lame-duck session could be used to pass President Obama’s “deeply unpopular 5,554 page Trans-Pacific Partnership.” Sessions wants to eliminate the fast-track authority granted to Obama by Congress earlier this year that is “being used to create this new, binding international union.”
by Alex Swoyer11 Dec 2015, 11:54 AM PST0

The U.S. Business and Industry Council (USBIC) is launching a print ad series in several media outlets around Capitol Hill to “highlight the lack of enforceable currency provisions in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)” trade deal between the United States and 11 other countries.
by Alex Swoyer30 Nov 2015, 5:58 PM PST0

As President Barack Obama heads to Paris for a climate-change summit, experts say his pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal creates a “vehicle to pass Obama’s climate change treaty.”
by Alex Swoyer29 Nov 2015, 3:12 PM PST0

The clothing and apparel industry is divided on its support of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, but according to the New York Post, the trade pact doesn’t encourage consumers to purchase American-made clothing and could push fashion design activity overseas.
by Alex Swoyer16 Nov 2015, 5:42 AM PST0

GOP presidential candidate Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) doubled down on his skepticism towards President Barack Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal negotiated by the Obama Administration.
by Alex Swoyer12 Nov 2015, 10:40 AM PST0

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) frequently warns against the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. Now he’s printed out the 5,544 page agreement and placed it on his desk, providing Breitbart News a photo of its size. The 5,544 pages stand
by Alex Swoyer9 Nov 2015, 1:24 PM PST0

A Democrat Congressman is blasting the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal — which impacts 40 percent of the world economy, consists of 12 countries and was made public on Thursday — saying it includes “exclusions up the wazoo.”
by Alex Swoyer6 Nov 2015, 10:25 AM PST0

“It’s the highest standard trade agreement in history,” Obama wrote in an introduction to the text he posted on Medium. “I know that past trade agreements haven’t always lived up to the hype. That’s what makes this trade agreement so different, and so important.”
by Charlie Spiering5 Nov 2015, 4:59 AM PST0

Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country, plans to join 11 other countries under the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal.
by Alex Swoyer30 Oct 2015, 5:19 AM PST0

A GE Power and Water factory on the border between Rep. Paul Ryan’s district and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner’s district in Wisconsin is moving its manufacturing to Canada, costing hundreds of Americans in those districts their jobs.
by Alex Swoyer23 Oct 2015, 10:05 AM PST0

Paul Ryan was one of the strongest advocates to grant Obama fast-track trade authority under the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA).
by Alex Swoyer11 Oct 2015, 8:39 AM PST0

The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement between the U.S. and 11 other countries contains a chapter on intellectual property rights that could impact freedom of expression, according to The Guardian. This news comes after Breitbart News reported there is a controversial chapter on immigration law within the Trade in Services Act (TiSA), another part of President Obama’s trade pact.
by Alex Swoyer10 Oct 2015, 9:43 AM PST0

Vietnam appears to be the biggest winner among the 12 countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact, says multiple news reports. “This is really transformational for Vietnam,” IHS Global Insight’s Asia Pacific Chief Economist Rajiv Biswas told ABC News. “They’re going to get a very big advantage over many other exporters of garments into the U.S. market.”
by Alex Swoyer8 Oct 2015, 10:36 AM PST0

The media normally treats a politician’s dramatic policy shifts as insincere or foolish “flip-flops,” at least when it’s Republicans changing their minds. Let’s see how they handle one of the most blatant flip-flops in recent memory, as presidential candidate Hillary Clinton suddenly denounces the huge Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal that she championed as Secretary of State.
by John Hayward7 Oct 2015, 2:11 PM PST0

Gov. Mike Huckabee slammed President Barack Obama’s new campaign to win Hill approval for a new Pacific-wide free-trade treaty with 11 countries. “Once again, American workers are getting punched in the gut by Washington because this deal is a handout to insiders, interest groups, Obama’s allies and Asia,” said Huckabee, a GOP presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor, shortly after the president announced the completed deal Oct. 5.
by Alex Swoyer5 Oct 2015, 11:56 AM PST0

President Obama faces a fight in Congress, and opposition from Democrat and Republican presidential candidates, as he revs up his campaign for congressional approval of the deeply-unpopular Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade deal. The deal was finalized Oct. 5 by trade ministers from
by Chriss W. Street5 Oct 2015, 8:08 AM PST0

The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal faces a major hurdle Wednesday when leaders from 12 different countries will reconvene to try to finalize the deal, which has been five years in the making, according to The Financial Times. The
by Alex Swoyer29 Sep 2015, 3:43 PM PST0

During an interview with 60 Minutes, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump was questioned about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), calling it a “disaster” and saying America needs “fair trade,” not “free trade.”
by Alex Swoyer27 Sep 2015, 5:10 PM PST0

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) — responding to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request — is finally revealing the chapter titles of the pending Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, confirming there is a chapter relating to immigration titled, “Temporary Entry for Business Persons.”
by Alex Swoyer14 Sep 2015, 9:38 AM PST0

“Jeff Sessions has been our hero in Congress on many issues,” Phyllis Schlafly stated in a press release. “I am so very glad that we can honor his work in this way, and make him the first recipient of this award. I hope that there will be many legislators and conservative leaders who will follow Senator Sessions’ example in battling the leftist attacks on our families, our culture, and our sovereignty.”
by Alex Swoyer11 Sep 2015, 1:46 PM PST0

Donald Trump vows to bring back the millions of American jobs lost to China and other foreign competitors if voters put him in the White House.
by Breitbart News5 Aug 2015, 8:53 PM PST0

AJ Kern—“a politically engaged resident of Sauk Rapids” who publishes a column for the St. Cloud Times (SCTimes)—recently argued that worker visas and the Trade Pacific Partnership (TPP) threaten American workers.
by Alex Swoyer1 Jul 2015, 7:27 PM PST0

The legislation passed the House last week, and now moves to President Obama’s desk for his signature.
by Alex Swoyer24 Jun 2015, 1:43 PM PST0

The cloture vote ends further debate setting up the final TPA vote in the Senate Wednesday. If it passes, it moves on to the president’s desk to be signed.
by Alex Swoyer23 Jun 2015, 8:36 AM PST0