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How Will the Proposed TransPacific Partnership Trade Agreement Affect Jobs in the U.S.?

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Tags: Trans-Pacific Partnership, Lori Wallach, Global Trade Watch, jobs, economy, working conditions

Good afternoon, welcome to The Last call. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll talk about a new trade agreement that may have a huge impact on employment in this country. The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a free trade agreement, is currently being negotiated between the United States, Canada, Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. It is meant to be a “docking agreement” that other Pacific Rim countries including Japan, Korea and China can enter ...