Flowers and Zeese: Fast Track Not a Done Deal, The People Will Stop It

Yawn, the masses are awakening …

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 Largest Progressive Coalition Ever On Global Trade Opposes Fast Track

BY KEVIN ZEESE AND MARGARET FLOWERS  LA Progressive  January 21, 2015

There is bi-partisan opposition in Congress to Fast Track and a large movement of movements mobilized to stop it.

The corporate media is reporting that since the Republican leadership and President Obama support Fast Track trade authority, it is a done deal. And that message, also heard by countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), is driving the race to finalize that agreement.The truth is: Fast Track is not a done deal. There is bi-partisan opposition in Congress and a large movement of movements organized to stop it.

Across the political spectrum there is mass opposition to fast tracking the secretly negotiated TPP, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP, aka TAFTA) and the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA). People remember the impact of NAFTA on job…

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