11/05/2015

Details of controversial trans-Pacific trade deal released

Details of a sweeping Pacific Rim trade deal released Thursday set the stage for a raucous debate in the U.S. Congress but also may provide reassurances to those who worried the agreement could gut protections for the environment, public health and labor.
The text of the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement between the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim countries runs to 30 chapters and hundreds of pages. It lays out plans for handling of trade in everything from zinc dust to railway sleepers and live eels.  Read more

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