Trans-Pacific Partnership

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

The TPP was a massive, controversial, pro-corporate “free trade” agreement among the United States and 11 other countries – Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.

In an amazing feat of international people power prevailing over multinational corporate power, the efforts of citizens united around the world delayed the signing of a TPP deal for years. During that period, people in the U.S. became educated about the TPP’s threats and organized their neighbors, colleagues and friends and as a result, it was impossible for TPP’s corporate proponents to ever achieve a majority in Congress to pass the deal. From the time it was signed in February 2016 until the end of the lame-duck session of Congress in December 2016, the deal remained scores of votes short of approval in the House of Representatives. Shortly after being sworn in as president, Donald Trump formally announced that the United States would not approve the deal, effectively trying to take credit for what already was a reality: The TPP was dead on arrival in the U.S. Congress.

The multi-year delay on the TPP being signed was achieved by thousands of diverse organizations representing working people united across borders — fighting against corporate power and for the environment, health, human rights and democracy.

A Vast Expansion of Corporate Power

Although it was called a “trade” agreement, the TPP was not mainly about trade. Of the TPP’s 30 chapters, only six dealt with traditional trade issues.

The TPP text was the result of 500 official U.S. trade advisors representing corporate interests involved in years of closed-door negotiations while the public, press and Congress were locked out.

At the heart of the TPP were new rights for thousands of corporations to sue the U.S. government before a panel of three corporate lawyers that could award unlimited sums, including for loss of future expected profits, to be paid by American taxpayers when the corporations claim U.S. policies violate the new entitlements the TPP would provide them.

Dangers of the TPP

We must remain vigilant to fight against any attempts to revive the TPP or other corporate-rigged deals like it. If it had passed, the TPP would have:

• expanded powers for corporations to attack our environmental and health safeguards,
• made it easier for big corporations to ship our jobs overseas, pushing down our wages and increasing income inequality,
• flooded our country with unsafe imported food,
• snuck in threats to internet freedom,
• jacked up the cost of medicines by giving big pharmaceutical corporations new monopoly rights to keep lower cost generic drugs off the market,
• banned Buy American policies needed to create green jobs,
• rolled back Wall Street reforms, and
• undermined human rights.

On March 8, 2018, the remaining 11 TPP countries — including Canada and Mexico — signed the deeply flawed TPP model for their countries in a cynically renamed “Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership.” While some of the most egregious provisions pushed by Big Pharma that would have further threatened access to life-saving medicines were fortunately set aside (for now) in the revised TPP-11 deal, most of the TPP’s dangerous rules remain intact. It is shocking, for instance, that Canada, Mexico and others agreed to maintain the infamous investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system (with only some minor tweaks).

And the corporate lobby is frantically trying to resurrect some of the worst provisions in the TPP and sneak them into NAFTA, which is currently under renegotiation. The corporate demands for NAFTA threaten consumer protections on medicines, digital rights, intellectual property and much more.

Take action to prevent a TPP 2.0: Demand a NAFTA renegotiation that puts people and the planet before corporate profits.

Featured Resources:

• Statement: On Reports That President Trump Is Open to Rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (April 12, 2018)
• Blog: TPP-11 Countries Sign a Deal — While We Dodged a Bullet on ISDS Expansion Here, Our International Allies Face a Major Fight (March 8, 2018)
• Statement: GTW Director Lori Wallach on Trump’s November 2016 Announcement of Intent to Withdraw from the TPP (November 22, 2016)
• Alternatives: The New Rules of the Road: A Progressive Approach to Globalization (September 23, 2016)
• Fact Sheet: Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) (June 1, 2016)

Reports and Memos  |  Press Room  |  Congress Speaks Out  |  Civil Society Speaks Out

Public Citizen Fact Sheets, Reports & Memos

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• Press Memo: Asia Trip Spotlights Chasm Between Trump Campaign Rhetoric on Trade and Action, Raising Political Stakes for Meaningful Deliverables (PDF) (November 2, 2017)
• The TPP Would Have Proved Useless in Countering China’s Risky Ambitions (December 2016)
• The Trade Debate: Election Outcomes Affected, Public Views Increasingly Negative, Imminent Lame-Duck Fight Over TPP Is First Salvo in Election 2018 (November 7, 2016)
• Updated Quote Sheet: Selected Government Statements and Actions Against Investor-State Dispute Settlement (October 19, 2016)
• Don’t Believe the Hype: Agricultural Exports Lag under Trade Deals, Belying Empty Promises Recycled for the TPP (September 13, 2016)
• Six Things to Know About the TPP (July 28, 2016)
• Polling Memo: Public Anger About Corporate Power Dominant Factor in Views on Trade and TPP. Graphs Available Here. (July 13, 2016)
• Action Guide for Stopping TPP (June 14, 2016)
• USITC Report on the TPP’s Economic Effects Projects Significant Losses (May 26, 2016)
• Data Fail: The Divergence between Rosy International Trade Commission Projections and U.S. Trade Agreements’ Actual Outcomes (May 12, 2016)
• Auditing the Administration’s TPP “Tax Cut” Claims: Funny Math and Misdirection (April 18, 2016)
• Talking Points: Response to Peterson Institute Pro-TPP Paper (March 28, 2016)
• Peterson Institute TPP Study Fact Check (January 28, 2016)
• Pre-SOTU TPP Facts and Figures (January 7, 2016)
• UPDATED Initial TPP Text Analysis – Secret TPP Text Unveiled: It’s Worse than We Thought (January 6, 2016)
• Factsheet: Uses and Abuses of China Claims in TPP Sales Pitch: Multinational Policy Arguments Mimic False Claims Made for Past Pacts (January 6, 2015)
• Factsheet: TPP’s Failure to Include Enforceable Disciplines Against Currency Manipulation (January 6, 2015)
• Factsheet: Final Trans-Pacific Partnership Text Reveals Unexpected Threats to U.S. National Security (January 6, 2016)
• TPP: Threats to Affordable Medicines Factsheet (December 30, 2015)
• TPP Financial Stability Threats Unveiled: It’s Worse than We Thought (November 18, 2015)
• Secret TPP Investment Chapter Unveiled: It’s Worse than We Thought (November 5, 2015)
• TPP Vote Timeline (September 25, 2015)
• 10 Presidential Candidates Criticize the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Upping Political Costs of Supporting the Pact (August 21, 2015)
• The Obama Administration’s “See-No-Evil” Approach to the TPP (August 21, 2015)
• Studies Reveal Consensus: Trade Flows during “Free Trade” Era Have Exacerbated U.S. Income Inequality (August 20, 2015)
• Prosperity Undermined: The Status Quo Trade Model’s 21-Year Record of Massive U.S. Trade Deficits, Job Loss and Wage Suppression (August 20, 2015)
• The TPP: More Job Offshoring and Lower Wages (August 20, 2015)
• Only One of 44 Attempts to Use the WTO’s “General Exception” to Defend a Domestic Policy Has Ever Succeeded (August 19, 2015)
• CAFTA’s Decade of Empty Promises Haunts the TPP (July 28, 2015)
• TPP Vote Calendar: Obama Administration Hype About a TPP Vote in 2015 Does Not Comport with Fast Track Timelines (July 23, 2015)
• Don’t Believe the Hype: Agricultural Exports Lag under Trade Deals, Belying Empty Promises Recycled for the TPP (July 2, 2015)
• Raw Deals for Small Businesses: U.S. Small Firms Have Endured Slow and Declining Exports under “Free Trade” Deals (June 22, 2015)
• U.S. Polling Shows Strong Opposition to Fast Tracking More of the Same U.S. Trade Deals from Independents, Republicans and Democrats Alike (June 9, 2015)
• TPP Would Let Us Write the Rules, Not China? Wait, that’s Exactly What We Were Told in 2000 When Congress Was Skeptical About China Joining the World Trade Organization and We Know How Badly THAT Worked Out… (June 9, 2015)
• Map: What Would the TPP Mean For Your State? (April 10, 2015)
• Analysis of Leaked Trans-Pacific Partnership Investment Text (March 25, 2015)
• Case Studies: Investor-State Attacks on Public Interest Policies (March 6, 2015)
• Job-Killing Trade Deficits Surge under FTAs: U.S. Trade Deficits Grow More Than 425% with FTA Countries, but Decline 11% with Non-FTA Countries (February 25, 2015)
• Watch: Global Trade Watch’s Ben Beachy Discusses TPP Broken Promises at a Congressional Briefing (February 19, 2015)
• Infographic: Obama vs. Obama (January 21, 2015)
• Infographic: NAFTA Terms Replicated in TPP (January 9, 2015)
• Updated Memo: TPP Government Procurement Negotiations: Buy American Policy Banned, a Net Loss for the U.S. (January 6, 2015)
• 176 Million Workers Call to Stop TPP Negotiations (November 12, 2014)
• Buy American Would Be Gutted under the TPP: Unraveling the Spin from USTR (October 21, 2014)
• U.S. Trade Officials Defy Post-Crisis Consensus Backing Capital Controls (July 25, 2014)
• TPP: The “Trade” Deal that Could Inflate Your Healthcare Bill (July 21, 2014)
• The Rising Use of the Trade Pact Sales Pitch of Last Resort: TPP Multinational Policy Arguments Mimic False Claims Made for Past Deals (April 2014)
• Factsheet: Learn how the TPP’s investment rules harm Public Access to Essential Services (February 3, 2014)
• Factsheet: Learn how the TPP’s investment rules harm Public Health (February 3, 2014)
• Factsheet: Learn how the TPP’s investment rules harm the Environment (February 3, 2014)
• NAFTA’s 20-Year Legacy and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (January 2014)
• Update on Salt Lake TPP Talks (November 25, 2013)
• Breakdown of the 151 Democratic signatories on the DeLauro-Miller Fast Track Letter (November 13, 2013)
• TPP Corporate Factsheet Flurry – Many Sheets, Few Facts and the Same Old Promises that Have Proven False (November 6, 2013)
• Public Citizen Comments to USTR on Japan’s Participation in TPP Talks (July 2, 2013)
• Updated and Expanded – U.S. Pharmaceutical Corporation Uses NAFTA Multinational Investor Privileges Regime to Attack Canada’s Patent Policy, Demand $100 Million for Invalidation of a Patent (March 2013)
• Election 2012: U.S. Polling Shows NAFTA-style Trade Deals Becoming Even More Unpopular (January 24, 2013)
• U.S.-Peru FTA Investor Rights: Lessons Learned and New Approaches Needed for TPP (available in Spanish here) (November 28, 2012)
• TPP: Un TLC Recardgado con el Mundo (in Spanish) (November 21, 2012)
• Investors Use Runaway “Fair and Equitable Treatment” Standard in 75% of “Successful” Cases Against Governments (September 5, 2012)
• Public interest analysis of the leaked TPP investment text (June 13, 2012)
• Public Citizen Testimony Regarding the Proposed United States Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Negotiation (March 4, 2009)

Public Citizen Press Releases & Statements

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• Statement: On Reports That President Trump Is Open to Rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (April 12, 2018)
• President Trump’s Executive Orders Formally Bury TPP’s Corpse, but What About TTIP, TISA, China BIT? (January 23, 2017)
• The Burial of the Zombie TPP: Statement from GTW Director Lori Wallach on President-Elect Trump’s Statement on Withdrawing the U.S. From Being a TPP Signatory (November 22)
• TPP RIP: Statement from GTW Director Lori Wallach on the Demise of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the Lame-Duck Session of Congress (November 15, 2016)
• New Interactive Map Shows TPP Would Expand Multinational Corporations’ Power to Attack U.S. Laws (September 8, 2016)
• TPP Fight Escalates as Sen. Warren and Hundreds of Academics Oppose Tribunal System at Heart of Pact (September 7, 2016)
• Statement: Full Committee Passes Amendment Strengthening TPP Language in Democratic Platform (July 8, 2016)
• Press Release: TPP Opponents Collect Hundreds of Thousands of Petition Signatures Urging Democratic Leader Pelosi to Join Presidential Candidates in Announcing Opposition to Lame-Duck TPP Vote (July 7, 2016)
• Press Release: New ITC Report Finds Disturbing Trends in U.S. Economy After Implementation of Free Trade Agreements (June 30, 2016)
• Press Release: TPP Study Projects Worsening Trade Balances for 36 of 55 U.S. Economic Sectors, Overall U.S. Trade Deficit Increase (May 18, 2016)
• With Trade Commission TPP Review Due Next Week, New Study Shows Past Pacts’ Actual Outcomes Were Opposite of Agency’s Rosy Projections (May 12, 2016)
• New Data Reveal That Obama’s Korea Trade Pact on Which the TPP Was Modeled Resulted in Doubling of Trade Deficit (May 4, 2016)
• Press Release: April Fools’ Protests Nationwide Warn Members of Congress That ‘The TPP’s No Joke,’ Take On Falsehoods Used to Try to Sell Beleaguered Pact (April 1, 2016)
• Statement: TPP Is Obama’s #1 2016 Priority: Why Only 28 Seconds in the SOTU? (January 12, 2016)
• Press Release: Hidden in the Omnibus: To Comply With World Trade Organization, Congress Kills Country-of-Origin Meat Labels That 90 Percent of Americans Support (December 18, 2015)
• Press Release: WTO Authorizes Over $1 Billion in Sanctions Unless U.S. Guts Popular Country-of-Origin Meat Labels, Disproving Obama Claim That Trade Pacts Can’t Undermine Public Interest Policies (December 7, 2015)
• Secret TPP Text Unveiled: It’s Worse Than We Thought, With Limits on Food Safety and Controversial Investor-State System Expanded, Rollback of Bush-Era Medicine Access and Environmental Terms (November 5, 2015)
• WikiLeaks Publication of Complete, Final TPP Intellectual Property Text Confirms Pact Would Raise Costs, Put Medicines Out of Reach (October 9, 2015)
• At TPP Negotiations, U.S. Trade Rep Attempts to Resolve Pharmaceuticals Impasse by Wrapping Same Harmful Proposal in Different Packaging (September 30, 2015)
• Advisory: Public Citizen Experts Are at TPP Negotiations in Atlanta, Can Keep You Updated on the Talks (September 30, 2015)
• Administration Desperate for Trans-Pacific Partnership Deal: There May Be an Announcement, But a Real Deal? (September 25, 2015)
• Yet Another ‘Final’ TPP Ministerial and Again No Deal; Not Surprising Given Growing Controversy Over TPP Threats Here and in Other Nations (July 31, 2015)
• Obama Administration’s Cynical Bid to Salvage the TPP by Turning a Blind Eye to Malaysia’s Trafficked Persons’ Mass Graves Will Only Fuel Criticism of the Pact (July 27, 2015)
• Memo to Reporters Covering Hawaii TPP Negotiations and Ministerial (July 23, 2015)
• Sen. Menendez, Human Rights Advocates to Host Media Call on Reports the Admin Will Upgrade Malaysia on List of Worst Human Trafficking Centers in Newest TIP Report (July 10, 2015)
• Recording: Sen. Menendez Press Call on the TPP and Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on Malaysia (July 10, 2015)
• State Department Lambasts Human Rights Violations in TPP Nations Vietnam and Brunei, Further Complicating Push for Controversial Pact (June 25, 2015)
• At Export Council, Obama Expected Push New Fast Track Powers That Congressional Democrats, Obama’s Base Oppose (June 10, 2015)
• House Expected to Vote Wednesday to Repeal Country-of-Origin Meat Labels Due to a Trade Agreement Provision That Is Replicated in the TPP (June 9, 2015)
• Motion to Advance Fast Track Legislation Fails in Senate (May 12, 2015)
• Contrary to Obama Speech, Trans-Pacific Partnership Text Reveals Pact Would Double Down on Past Bad Trade Pact Pro-Offshoring, Weak Labor Provisions (May 8, 2015)
• Nike Saying It Might Create “Up To” 10,000 U.S. Jobs Is Small Consolation for TPP’s Threat to Offshore Massive Number of American Jobs, Lower Wages Across the Economy (May 8, 2015)
• Japan’s Prime Minister Visits Washington, D.C., Trans-Pacific Partnership and Fast Track Controversy in the U.S. Congress on Agenda (April 28, 2015)
• In Press Call, Progressives Announce Anti-Fast Track Activities Nationwide (April 1, 2015)
• Advisory: Progressives Announce Anti-Fast Track Activities Nationwide (March 31, 2015)
• Seattle City Council Unanimously Votes to Oppose Fast Track, Highlighting Obama’s Uphill Battle in Trade Authority Quest (March 30, 2015)
• TPP Leak Reveals Extraordinary New Powers for Thousands of Multinational Firms to Challenge U.S. Policies and Demand Taxpayer Compensation (March 25, 2015)
• Unhappy Third Birthday for Korea Free Trade Agreement Drags Down Obama Push for Fast Track Trade Authority (March 13, 2015)
• Press Call Monday at Noon: On Third Anniversary of Korea FTA, Worsening Trade Deficit Dogs Obama’s Quest for Fast Track (March 13, 2015)
• Reporters’ Memo: President’s Annual March 1 Trade Report and Agenda (February 27, 2015)
• Corrected Trade Data Confirm Ballooning Trade Deficit Under Korea FTA and More Than Twice the Trade Deficit With NAFTA Partners (February 10, 2015)
• Statement of Lori Wallach: 2014 Trade Data Details Growing Trade Deficits under Korea FTA and NAFTA (February 5, 2015)
• Reporters Memo: Analysis of 2014 Annual Trade Data (February 4, 2015)
• At Export Council, Obama Expected to Urge Corporate Interests to Help Him Obtain New Fast Track Powers to Expand the Status Quo U.S. Free Trade Pact Model That Congressional Democrats, Obama’s Base Oppose (December 11, 2014)
• Outside Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations in Washington, D.C., Hundreds Gather to Protest TPP, Toast the Demise of Fast Track Authority (December 8, 2014)
• Media Advisory: Protest Outside the TPP Negotiations (December 5, 2014)
• Statement on Beijing TPP Leaders’ Summit by Lori Wallach, Director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch (November 10, 2014)
• Reporters’ Memo: What the 2014 Election Results Mean for Trade Policy (November 5, 2014)
• Statement on Sydney TPP Ministerial Declaration by Lori Wallach, Director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch (October 26, 2014)
• Attack on Affordability of Cancer Treatments Revealed in New WikiLeaks Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Text (October 16, 2014)
• On Eve of ‘Check In’ Ministerial, Top 10 Signs That Obama Administration Should Call It Quits on Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations (May 19, 2014)
• Release of Two Years of Korea FTA Data Throws More Cold Water on Obama TPP and Fast Track Efforts After Asia Trip Fails to Change Dynamic (May 9, 2014)
• On the U.S.-Japan Summit Statement, Regarding TPP: Statement of Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch (April 25, 2014)
• On the Obama-Abe Summit, Regarding TPP: Statement of Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch (April 24, 2014)
• Reporters’ Memo: Administration Desperate to Announce Breakthrough on Trans-Pacific Partnership in Japan, But Congress not Buying Economic or Multinational Policy Sales Pitch and Won’t Give Obama Trade Authority for TPP (April 21, 2014)
• Transcript: Press Call on President’s Trip to Asia — Rep. DeLauro, Rep. Slaughter, Rep. Ellison, and Clyde Prestowitz. Recoding here (April 16, 2014)
• TPP Multinational Policy Arguments Mimic False Claims Made for Past Pacts as Use of Perennial Trade Deal Sales-Pitch-of-Last-Resort Increases (April 10, 2014)
• On the Conclusion of the TPP Singapore Ministerial (February 25, 2014)
• Obama Mexico Visit Spotlights 20-Year Legacy of Job Loss from NAFTA, the Pact on Which Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership Is Modeled (February 13, 2014)
• Deeper Dig Into 2013 Trade Data: USITC Corrections of Last Week’s Census Data Show Why Obama’s TPP, Fast Track Quest Is in Trouble (February 10, 2014)
• Major Drop in U.S. Exports to Korea Since Obama’s Free Trade Pact, Zero Growth in U.S. Goods Exports Revealed in Today’s 2013 Year-End Trade Data Another Blow to Obama Push for Fast Track and TPP (February 6, 2014)
• Obama Downplays Trade Authority, Trans-Pacific Partnership: Fleeting Mention Doesn’t Even Reference Recently Introduced Camp-Baucus Fast Track Bill (January 28, 2014)
• Legislation to Provide Fast Track Trade Authority for President Obama Finally Introduced, But Can It Pass? (January 9, 2014)
• Flyer: Get all the quick facts on the TPP and then spread the word (2014)
• Vaunted 2013 Deadline for TPP Passes as Singapore Ministerial Ends Without a Deal, More Talks Slated for 2014 (December 10, 2013)
• New Leaked TPP Documents Reveal Daunting Obstacles for Obama’s 2013 Deadline to Complete the Deal at Ministerial Meeting’s Midpoint (December 8, 2013)
• Reporters’ Memo: Measuring the Outcomes of the TPP “End Game” Ministerial in Singapore (December 7, 2013)
• Democrats’ Congressional Campaign Chair, Senior Party Members Warn Obama: Don’t Rush into a TPP Deal in Singapore (December 5, 2013)
• In Letters to Obama, 151 House Democrats, Bloc of GOP Announce Opposition to ‘Fast Track’ Trade Authority (November 13, 2013)
• Obama Plan to Double U.S. Exports by 2014 Floundering as He Heads to New Orleans Port to Sell His Trade Policy (November 7, 2013)
• GTW Director Lori Wallach Statement on Imminent Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Heads of State Meeting At Bali APEC Summit (October 7, 2013)
• Elected, Labor and Business Leaders Detail TPP Trade Pact Problems as Obama Considers Heading to Asian Trade Summit (October 3, 2013)
• Trans-Pacific Partnership at APEC: What End Game? (No End in Sight…) (October 3, 2013)
• As President’s Export Council Meets, No Chance to Meet Obama’s Export Doubling Goal; Exports Fall Under Free Trade Agreements (September 19, 2013)
• Ministerial Meeting Before 19th Round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations in Brunei: Trade Ministers Push Deadline Back (Again), Noting Many Unresolved Issues (August 23, 2013)
• With No Text Agreed for Several Entire Chapters and Most Tough Political Decisions Unresolved, the So-Called ‘Final Round’ of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Talks Will Not Be the End of Negotiations (August 21, 2013)
• Freshman House Democrats Disinclined to Delegate Congress’ Constitutional Trade Authority to Obama, Says Letter Released Today (June 11, 2013)
• U.S. Laws Would Be Exposed for Attacks by Japanese Corporations if Japan is Included in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) (April 12, 2013)
• Obama Administration Targets Numerous Public Interest Policies of TPP Countries in 2013 U.S. National Trade Estimate Report (April 5, 2013)
• Ahead of Singapore Round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations, U.S. Public Opposition to Deal Grows (March 1, 2013)
• Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s Visit to Washington — The 12 Questions about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that President Obama and Prime Minister Abe Do Not Want to Hear this Week (February 21, 2013)
• A Supersized NAFTA: 15th Round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations in Auckland Ends (December 11, 2012)
• Public Citizen Experts Available After Trans-Pacific Partnership Lead Negotiator Press Briefing in Leesburg, Va., Saturday Morning (September 14, 2012)
• While Obama Criticizes Job Offshoring and Touts Transparency, His Trade Officials Will Be Negotiating a Secretive Deal That Would Send More U.S. Jobs Offshore (August 31, 2012)
• Growing Attention to Obama Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Threatens to Undermine Offshoring Attack on Romney (July 10, 2012)
• Congressional Democrats Escalate Criticism of Substance, Process of Obama’s First Trade Pact – the Trans-Pacific Partnership (June 27, 2012)
• Following Last Week’s Damaging Revelations About the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Obama Administration Expands Controversial Trade Deal (June 18, 2012)
• Controversial Trade Pact Text Leaked, Shows U.S. Trade Officials Have Agreed to Terms That Undermine Obama Domestic Agenda (June 13, 2012)
• U.S. Abandons Final Pretense of Transparency or Inclusion of Consumer, Health, Environmental, Labor Perspective in TPP Talks (April 10, 2012)
• Trans-Pacific Trade Talks in Malaysia Underscore Secrecy of Negotiations, Problems with Potential Deal (December 7, 2011)
• Leaked Drug Patent, Formulary Pricing Texts at Trans-Pacific Trade Talks Reveal U.S. Pushing Extreme Pharmaceutical Corporation Demands that Would Undermine Consumers’ Access to Affordable Medicine (October 22, 2011)
• Recently Revealed ‘Secrecy Pact’ for Trans-Pacific Trade Talks Belies Obama Administration Promises of Transparency in Trade (October 18, 2011)
• November Deadline for Obama’s First Trade Deal Falls Away as Controversies Roil Chicago Trans-Pacific Trade Talks (September 15, 2011)
• On Access to Medicines, Obama Trade Pact Proposal Appears Set to Undo Bush-Era Improvements (August 13, 2011)
• As Part of International Campaign, Unions, Civil Society Organizations Demand Release of Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Texts (February 17, 2011)
• Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Countries Can Win Big or Lose Big at New Zealand Casino (December 6, 2010)
• Trans-Pacific FTA Negotiations and Access to Medicines (December 4, 2010)
• Public Citizen: Leaked New Zealand Paper Challenges U.S. FTA Models in Trans-Pacific Trade Negotiations; Access to Medicines at Stake (December 4, 2010)

Members of Congress Speak Out

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• 12 U.S. Senators Outline TPP’s Fundamental Flaws, Tell President Obama it Shouldn’t Be Considered Until Renegotiated (September 29, 2016)
• Rep. DeLauro Statement On Shipments Of Uninspected Vietnamese Catfish To American Supermarkets & TPP (June 21, 2016)
• House Democrats Call on President Obama to Expand LGBT Protections in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (June 9, 2016)
• Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: ITC’s Report Confirms TPP is A Bad Deal for the American People (May 20, 2016)
• Levin Statement on ITC TPP Economic Impact Report (May 18, 2016)
• DeLauro Statement On The International Trade Commission’s Report On The Trans-Pacific Partnership (May 18, 2016)
• Slaughter Responds to the ITC’s Report on the TPP (May 18, 2016)
• Congresswoman Lee Slams Unemployment & Increased Trade Deficit that the TPP Will Create (May 18, 2016)
• New York Congressional Representatives Send Bipartisan Letter to President Obama Opposing the TPP (March 23, 2016)
• 19 Democratic Senators Send a Letter to USTR Froman Requesting No Action on TPP in Congress Until Malaysia, Other Improve Labor Standards (March 22, 2016)
• Rep. DeLauro Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)
• Rep. Dingell Statement on TPP Text Release: TPP Even Worse Than Expected (November 10, 2015)
• Rep. Pocan Statement: Release of TPP Text Confirms Our Fears About Trade Deal (November 10, 2015)
• Rep. Nolan Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)
• Rep. Lee Statement on TPP Text Release: Create American Jobs, Don’t Offshore Them with TPP (November 10, 2015)
• Rep. Tim Ryan Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)
• Rep. Grayson Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)
• Rep. Slaughter Statement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (October 5, 2015)
• Rep. Nolan Statement on the Completion of TPP Negotiations (October 5, 2015)
• Bipartisan Group Issues Letter Demanding Strong TPP Automotive Rules Of Origin (September 30, 2015)
• Congressional trade leaders express deep concern on TPP talks (September 30, 2015)
• Congressional Progressive Co-Chairs Ask Obama Administration to Stand Against Tobacco Companies (September 29, 2015)
• House Democrats Call on State Department’s Inspector General to Investigate Malaysia Human Trafficking Upgrade (September 28, 2015)
• Rep. Keith Ellison Statement on Chinese Currency Manipulation (September 25, 2015)
• In Advance of Weekend TPP Negotiations, Bipartisan Group of 160 Representatives Urge President to Address Currency Manipulation (September 25, 2015)
• Sens. Brown, Portman Urge Administration to Address Currency Manipulation (September 15, 2015)
• Sens. Brown, Portman, and Stabenow: Trans-Pacific Partnership Must Support, Boost U.S. Auto Manufacturing (September 10, 2015)
• Following Administration’s Refusal to Make Trans Pacific Trade Agreement Text Accessible, Sen. Brown to Block Nominee to Key Trade Post (August 14, 2015)
• Rep. Levin Statement on China’s Currency Devaluation (August 11, 2015)
• Sen. Brown Statement on China’s Devaluation of Its Currency (August 11, 2015)
• Sen. Portman Statement on China Again Lowering Value of its Currency (August 11, 2015)
• Sen. Grassley on China’s Latest Currency Devaluation (August 11, 2015)
• Sen. Menendez on Reports of Undue Political Pressure in Human Trafficking Report (August 3, 2015)
• Rep. Ellison Statement on Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations (August 2, 2015)
• Rep. Levin Statement Following TPP Negotiations in Maui (July 31, 2015)
• Rep. McGovern: Trade Deals Should Never Trump Human Rights (July 29, 2015)
• Representatives Blumenauer, DelBene, Peters Lead Call for High Standard, Enforceable Environmental Provisions in TPP (July 29, 2015)
• Rep. Kaptur: Human Trafficking Decision Undermines American Workers (July 27, 2015)
• Rep. Schakowsky Statement on Malaysia being upgraded in the State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Report (July 27, 2015)
• Brown Statement on Malaysia’s Tier-Ranking Upgrade in State Department’s 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report (July 27, 2015)
• Levin: Malaysia Upgrade in Annual Trafficking Report “Extremely Concerning” (July 27, 2015)
• Sen. Menendez on Human Trafficking Report Politicization (July 27, 2015)
• Representatives Blumenauer, Davis and Himes Urge Protection of Timely and Affordable Access to Medicines in TPP (July 24, 2015)
• Ways and Means Democrats Press USTR to Protect Anti-Tobacco Public Health Measures in TPP Negotiations (July 24, 2015)
• Levin Statement on ILRF Complaint that Peru Labor Practices in Violation of Free Trade Agreement (July 23, 2015)
• House Democratic Leaders Urge USTR to Allow Capital Controls in TPP Negotiations (July 20, 2015)
• 160 Members of Congress Call on State Department to Not Upgrade Malaysia Ranking in 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report (July 17, 2015)
• Brown, Portman Continue Push for Stronger Currency Manipulation Enforcement in Ongoing Trade Negotiations (July 16, 2015)
• Portman Cautions against Possible Unwarranted Ranking Upgrade for Malaysia in Human Trafficking Report (July 15, 2015)
• Members of Congress Write to Secretary Kerry Over Concerns with Human Trafficking in Malaysia (July 17, 2015)
• Rep. Bonamici Urges Secretary Kerry to Avoid Upgrading Malaysia’a Human Trafficking Ranking (July 16, 2015)
• Sen. Menendez Leads Bipartisan Senate Letter on Possible Unwarranted Ranking Upgrade for Malaysia in Human Trafficking Report (July 15, 2015)
• TPP in Focus: Why Mexico’s Labor Standards Matter for TPP (July 10, 2015)
• Rep. Lloyd Doggett on Altering of Malaysia’s Human Trafficking Report Card (July 9, 2015)
• Rep. Levin Statement on Reports of Change in Malaysia Human Trafficking Ranking (July 9, 2015)
• Rep. Levin Statement on Visit by Vietnam General Secretary (July 7, 2015)
• Boozman, Senators Urge Obama to Prioritize Human Rights in Meeting with Vietnamese Government (July 6, 2015)
• Rep. Ellison: Trans-Pacific Partnership a Bad Deal for Working Americans (June 25, 2015)
• Rep. Watson Coleman Statement on TAA/AGOA Package (June 25, 2015)
• Rep. Levin: Focus Must Now Be On Vital Issues In TPP (June 24, 2015)
• Rep. Pocan to U.S. Trade Rep. Froman: Does the TPP include Climate Change Language or Not? (June 17, 2015)
• Sanders: TPP Must Be Defeated (June 15, 2015)
• Rep. Garamendi Expresses Strong Opposition to Fast-Track Trade Bill and the Trans-Pacific Partnership “Free Trade Agreement” (June 10, 2015)
• Congresswoman Lee: “We Cannot Allow Another Bad Trade Deal To Jeopardize More Jobs” (June 10, 2015)
• Rep. Sarbanes Warns Against “Fast-Track Authority” and Criticizes Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (June 10, 2015)
• Sens. Peters, Brown Urge House Leadership to Require Congressional Approval of New TPP Countries in Trade Bill (June 10, 2015)
• Rep. Sewell Urges House Leaders to Include Enforceability Provisions in Any Trade Deal (June 9, 2015)
• Rep. Watson Coleman: Fast Track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership – Video (June 5, 2015)
• Rep. Waters Urges President Obama to Keep U.S. Financial Reforms Out of TPP (June 5, 2015)
• Rep. Gallego Stands with American Workers and Against Fast Track and TPP (June 3, 2015)
• Sen. Sanders: Fighting for American Workers – Video (June 3, 2015)
• Rep. Levin: TPA Not Now – The Obama Administration’s Missed Opportunity to Get TPP Right (June 1, 2015)
• TPP in Focus: Is TPP the Most Progressive Trade Agreement in History? Not If You Need Access to Affordable Medicines. (May 28, 2015)
• Sen. Sanders Statement on Senate Vote on Job-Killing Trade Bill (May 23, 2015)
• Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Trade Deal Should be Public Before Congress Votes on Fast Track (May 22, 2015)
• Senator Warren Releases Report Highlighting Decades of Broken Promises and Failures to Enforce Labor Standards in Trade Agreements (May 18, 2015)
• Sen. Sanders: No to Job-Killing Trade Bill (May 14, 2015)
• Rep. DeLauro Calls For Release Of Trans-Pacific Partnership Food Safety Chapter (May 14, 2015)
• Following News of Path Forward for Trade Deal, Sen. Brown Calls on President to Veto Fast Track Bill Unless He Signs Enforcement Bill First (May 13, 2015)
• Sen. Udall Joins Senate Coalition Calling for Strong Labor Standards in Trans-Pacific Partnership and Implementation of Standards in TPP Countries (May 11, 2015)
• Sens. Markey, Brown, Cardin, Schumer, Stabenow, Casey, Franken, Baldwin, Peters, Udall, Blumenthal, Schatz, Merkley, And Warren Call For Strong Labor Standards In Trans-Pacific Partnership And Implementation Of Standards In TPP Countries (May 11, 2015)
• Sen. Franken Says Labor Standards in Trans-Pacific Partnership Too Weak, Calls for Improved Protections for Workers (May 11, 2015)
• Brown Statement Following President’s Visit to Nike Facility (May 9, 2015)
• Sanders Statement on Obama at Nike HQ (May 8, 2015)
• Sen. Casey, Erie Workers Detail How “Fast Tracking” Emerging Trade Deal Could Cost Northwestern PA Jobs, Harm Wages (May 8, 2015)
• Nike Know-How: Three Key Questions on Labor (May 7, 2015)
• Sen. Sanders: Just Don’t Do It (May 7, 2015)
• Sen. Schumer: Without Improvements to Trade Deal, Significant Number of Manufacturing Jobs Would Go Overseas; Schumer Urges Senate to Support Bipartisan Bill to Crack Down on China Currency Manipulation & Other Predatory Practices; China’s Trade Practices Over the Past Decade, Including Currency Manipulation – Has Erased Nearly 180,000 NY Jobs (May 6, 2015)
• Rep. Lofgren leads bipartisan letter calling for enforceable human rights and labor standards in Trans-Pacific Partnership (May 5, 2015)
• As Congress Begins Debate on Fast Track for More Trade Deals, Sen. Brown Joins Workers in Cleveland to Stand Against More NAFTA-Style Trade Deals (May 4, 2015)
• Rep. Casey, Pittsburgh Workers Detail How “Fast Tracking” Emerging Trade Deal Could Cost Western PA Jobs, Harm Wages (May 1, 2015)
• Michigan Delegation Freshmen Urge Administration to Address Currency Manipulation (May 1, 2015)
• Progressive Caucus Statement on Prime Minister Abe’s Address (April 29, 2015)
• Rep. Dingell Statement on Joint Address by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (April 29, 2015)
• Kaptur Calls Out Japan for Unfair Trade Policies, Currency Manipulation (April 29, 2015)
• Sen. Heinrich Opposes Trade Proposal (April 27, 2015)
• As Trade Talks Continue, Sen. Brown Joins Workers in Toledo to Stand Against More NAFTA-Style Fast-Tracked Trade Deals (March 30, 2015)
• Sen. Brown Statement on Released Trans-Pacific Partnership Investment Provisions (March 26, 2015)
• Rep. DeLauro Statement On ISDS Trans-Pacific Partnership Chapter (March 26, 2015)
• Members Of Congress To USTR: Stop Making False Claims On The Trade Deficit (March 19, 2015)
• Reps. Ryan, Kaptur To USTR: “Check Your Math On Trade Deficits” (March 19, 2015)
• Sens. Baldwin, Merkley Introduce Trade Legislation to Level the Playing Field for American Manufacturing (March 12, 2015)
• Congresswoman Fudge Statement in Opposition to “Fast Track” Authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement (March 11, 2015)
• DeLauro, Slaughter Statement On US-Korea Trade Deficit Numbers (March 6, 2015)
• DeFazio Urges Defeat of Controversial Trade Deal (March 4, 2015)
• Workday Minnesota: Labor urges Congress to pump the brakes on fast track (March 3, 2015)
• Standing Up for Workers Hit by Unfair Trade Deals (March 2, 2015)
• Senators to U.S. Trade Rep: End Trade Deal Secrecy (February 28, 2015)
• Senators to U.S. Trade Rep: End Trade Deal Secrecy (February 26, 2015)
• Video: Trade Talks Continue, Baldwin Speaks Out on U.S. Trade Policy (February 26, 2015)
• LGBT Members of Congress Raise Concerns About Including of Brunei and Malaysia in TPP Negotiations (February 18, 2015)
• Bipartisan Group Introduces Legislation to Crack Down on Currency Manipulation (February 10, 2015)
• Congressman Dan Kildee: Failure to Address Currency Manipulation in New Trade Deal Would Hurt American Competitiveness, Risk U.S. Jobs (February 10, 2015)
• Sanders: New Trade Deal Would Hurt American Workers (February 6, 2015)
• Levin Opening Statement at Hearing on the U.S. Trade Policy Agenda (January 27, 2015)
• Reps. Aguilar, Moulton and Torres Express Concerns with Fast Track and the TPP (January 27, 2015)
• Rep. Adams Writes to Pres. Obama to Voice Conerns with Fast Track for the TPP (January 26, 2015)
• Rep. Lipinski Opposes Giving Up Congressional Authority and Allowing President to “Fast-Track” International Trade Agreements (January 22, 2015)
• Rep. Ruben Gallego Leads Freshman Members in Calling for a Greater Role for Congress to Ensure a New American Trade Policy Creates Middle Class Jobs (January 21, 2015)
• Following Call for Fast Track Authority During State of The Union Address, Brown Urges Administration to Stand Up for American Workers and Businesses (January 20, 2015)
• Rep. Norcross Writes to Obama to Express Serious Reservations with Fast Track for the TPP (January 12, 2015)
• DeLauro Statement On Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations (January 9, 2015)
• Congresswoman Lee Speaks Out Against Fast Track for Trans-Pacific Partnership (January 8, 2015)
• Congressman Kildee Expresses “Grave Concern” Over President Obama’s Push for Fast-Tracking TPP Trade Deal (January 7, 2015)
• Sanders Contrasts U.S. Trade Secrecy to EU Transparency (January 7, 2015)
• Sanders: Trade Pact Terms Must be Disclosed (January 5, 2015)
• Sanders: TPP Trade Deal a ‘Disaster’ (December 29, 2014)
• Senator Baldwin Questions Trans-Pacific Partnership Provisions That Would Make it Harder to Prevent Financial Crises (December 19, 2014)
• Warren: Senators Raise Concerns to USTR About Trans-Pacific Partnership Provisions That Could Make it Harder to Prevent Financial Crises (December 19, 2014)
• Sens. Warren, Markey and Baldwin Write to Express Their Concerns With the TPP’s Threats to Financial Stability (December 18, 2014)
• Congressman Levin: The Focus Right Now Must be on TPP, not TPA (December 5, 2014)
• Rep. Donna Edwards and Rep. Walter Jones Lead 122 Members of Congress on a Letter Urging Obama to Protect “Buy American” Preferences in TPP (July 30, 2014)
• Press Call: Reps. Edwards and DeLauro Urge Protection of “Buy American” in the TPP (July 30, 2014)
• 153 House Democrats to USTR Froman: Protect Workers’ Rights in TPP Negotiations (May 29, 2014)
• Rep. DeLauro: Colombia FTA Inadequacies in Protecting Worker Rights Must Not be Repeated in TPP (May 15, 2014)
• Bipartisan Congressional Letter Highlights Dangers of Vietnamese Seafood in TPP (May 13, 2014)
• Sen. Brown Urges Administration to Address TPP “Investor State” Provisions that Would Empower Big Tobacco to Challenge Public Health Laws (May 1, 2014)
• Sen. Wyden Calls For Transparency in Secretive Trade Deals (May 1, 2014)
• Rep. DeLauro: “No Appetite to Provide the Administration with Fast Track Authority to Ram Another Bad Trade Deal through Congress” (April 25, 2014)
• Bipartisan Group of 63 Members of Congress Urge Obama Administration to Not Sign TPP Unless Japan Eliminates Agricultural Tariffs (April 21, 2014)
• DeFazio, Blumenauer, 120 Members of Congress Urge Environmental Protections in Trade Deal (February 20, 2014)
• Rep. Schakowsky and Colleagues Send Letter to President Obama Expressing Concern Over Access to Affordable Health Care and the Trans Pacific Partnership (December 9, 2013)
• Video: Members of Congress Speak Out on the House Floor Against the TPP (December 5, 2013)
• DeLauro, Miller Lead 151 House Dems Telling President They Will Not Support Outdated Fast Track for Trans-Pacific Partnership (see the letter here) (November 13, 2013)
• 11 Senators Urge USTR to Safeguard Tobacco Control Measures, Protect Public Health in Trade Agreements (November 13, 2013)
• 6 House Republicans send letter to President Obama expressing opposition to Fast Track trade authority (November 12, 2013)
• 23 House Republicans send letter to President Obama expressing opposition to Fast Track trade authority (see the letter here) (November 12, 2013)
• 10 House Ways & Means Democrats send letter to President Obama expressing opposition to Fast Track trade authority (see the letter here) (November 12, 2013)
• 56 Members of Congress Write President Obama Expressing Disappointment with Weak U.S. TPP Tobacco Public Health Exception Proposal (October 30, 2013)
• Sixty Senators Urge Administration to Crack Down on Currency Manipulation in Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks (September 24, 2013)
• Bipartisan congressional letter to USTR Froman calls for a balanced approach to intellectual property and increased transparency in TPP negotiations (August 6, 2013)
• California Democratic Party resolution calling for withdrawal from the TPP and for a new, more transparent paradigm for trade negotiations (July 21, 2013)
• Senator Warren Opposes Nomination of Froman for USTR; Cites Need for Transparency in TPP Negotiations (June 19, 2013)
• Representative Grayson Becomes First Member of Congress to View Secret Trade Agreement (June 18, 2013)
• Letter from Senator Elizabeth Warren to USTR Nominee Michael Froman calling for transparency in Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and a release of the negotiating texts (June 13, 2013)
• 36 Freshmen in the House of Representatives Call for Increased Transparency in in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Negotiations, Express Concerns with TPP and Oppose Fast Track in Letter to Ways and Means Chairman Sander Levin (June 11, 2013)
• Joint Resolution from Maine State Legislature Against Fast Track (June 10, 2013)
• 230 Members of the House of Representatives Send Letter to President Obama Calling for the TPP to Address Currency Manipulation (June 6, 2013)
• More then 50 state legislators raise concerns about the TPP’s threat to the environment in letter to USTR (May 20, 2013)
• Senator Elizabeth Warren warns of TPP’s threat to U.S. financial regulations (video) (May 9, 2013)
• Members of Congress Send a Letter to USTR Calling for Protection of Dolphin-Safe Tuna labeling in the TPP (October 25, 2012)
• 10 Senators Send a Letter to USTR Calling for a Strong Environment Chapter in the TPP (October 10, 2012)
• Rep. Lofgren Sends a Letter to USTR Calling for Transparency in TPP Negotiations (September 20, 2012)
• Video: Representative DeFazio speaks against the secrecy of the TPP negotiations on the floor of Congress (September 13, 2012)
• House Democrats Call On USTR To Allow Access To TPP Negotiations (August 28, 2012)
• State Legislators From 50 States Urge TPP Negotiators to Reject Investor-State Dispute Settlement (July 5, 2012)
• Press Statement from Representative Darrell Issa on Being Denied TPP Observer Status (July 1, 2012)
• 132 Members of Congress Call for Transparency and Congressional Consultation in TPP Negotiations (see the letter here) (June 27, 2012)
• Senator Brown Announces 21st Century Trade Agreements & Market Access Act (June 27, 2012)
• Senators Speak Out Against Lack of Transparency In TPP Negotiations (June 25, 2012)
• Senate Finance Subcommittee on Trade Chair Ron Wyden Floor Statement on TPP Secrecy, Undue Corporate Influence while Introducing Transparency Bill (May 23, 2012)
• Rep. Frank and Rep. Levin Call on Administration to Clarify Position on Capital Controls in TPP (May 23, 2012)
• Manufacturing Groups’ Letter to Sec. Geithner & USTR Kirk on TPP and Currency (May 22, 2012)
• Rep. Donna Edwards & Rep. Nick Rahall Lead 69 Members of Congress to Urge Obama to Protect “Buy American” Policies in TPP (May 3, 2012)
• Letter from House Judiciary Committee Chair Smith and Ranking Member Conyers to USTR Kirk Calling for Immigration Provisions to Not be Included in “Trade” Agreements (March 5, 2012)
• Japanese Representatives Petition Against Joining TPP Negotiations (November 10, 2011)
• Japanese Representatives Emergency Resolution against an Immature Pledge to Join TPP Negotiations (October 21, 2011)
• Rep. Henry Waxman and Colleagues Write to Kirk on Access to Medicines in TPP Negotiations (October 19, 2011)
• Rep. John Lewis and Colleagues Write to Ambassador Kirk on TPP Public Health Standards (September 8, 2011)
• Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro Statement on the TPP and Food Safety (September 7, 2011)
• Senior House Democrats Letter to President Obama on Multinational Investor Privileges in the TPP (December 15, 2010)
• Congresswoman Linda Sanchez Urges Reform to US Trade Policy (December 15, 2010)
• Democratic Ways and Means Committee Members’ Letter to USTR Kirk on TPP Negotiating Objectives (December 2010)
• Rep. Wu to President Obama on TPP Democracy Clause (October 6, 2010)
• Rep. Wu Calls for Promoting Human Rights in Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Talks (October 6, 2010)
• Letter from Four Senators to USTR Kirk Expressing Concerns with Transparency and Labor, Human Rights in the TPP (March 12, 2010)
• 30 Senators Write to USTR Kirk Expressing Concerns on Increasing Dairy Market Access for New Zealand in TPP Negotiations (March 11, 2010)
• House Trade Working Group Letter to USTR Kirk on TPP (January 20, 2010)

Civil Society Organizations Speak Out

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• AARP, Doctors Without Borders and Other Groups Warn the White House to Not Make Onerous TPP Provisions that Contribute to Skyrocketing Medicines Prices Even Worse (October 26, 2016)
• 220+ Law and Economics Professors Urge Congress to Reject the TPP and Other Prospective Deals that Include Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)(September 7, 2016)
• Consumers Union and Consumer Federation of America Urge Congress Not To Support Approval of the TPP (September 6, 2016)
• ​The Movement for Black Lives Calls For an End to the TPP in its Economic Justice Platform (August 2, 2016)
• TransCanada Files NAFTA Suit Demanding More Than $15 Billion for Keystone XL Rejection (June 25, 2016)
• Pending Trade Deals Threaten Efforts to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground; more than 450organizations urge opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (June 6, 2016)
• AFl-CIO Statement: ITC Report Shows TPP Is Disastrous for Working Families (May 19, 2016)
• Machinists Statement: ITC Report Shows TPP’s Deep Flaws for U.S. Workers, Says Machinists Union President (May 19, 2016)
• Sierra Club Statement on the U.S. International Trade Commission’s TPP Study (May 18, 2016)
• Teamsters: New Projection in TPP Report Should Be Taken with a Grain of Salt (May 18, 2016)
• CWA: ITC Report Shows that TPP Fails American Workers (May 18, 2016)
• United Steel Workers: International Trade Commission Report Validates that Trans Pacific Partnership Is Not Worth Passing (May 18, 2016)
• National Farmers Union: USITC Report Predicts Increase in Trade Deficit, Modest Gains Overall From TPP (May 18, 2016)
• CEPR Statement on the TPP and Latest USITC Report (May 18, 2016)
• 160+ Farm and Food Groups Ask Congress to Reject TPP, Stand Up for Independent Farmers and Ranchers (April 27, 2016)
• Over 50 Groups Tell Congress That TPP Would Hurt Small Scale Farmers in Developing Countries, Demand They Reject the Deal (April 19, 2016)
• Letter: MSF and over 50 groups urge US Congress to reject the TPP (April 12, 2016)
• Sierra Club Report: Looming Trade Deals Threaten Efforts to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground (March 23, 2016)
• 40 Major Environmental Groups to Congress: Learn from Keystone XL, Oppose the TPP (March 9, 2016)
• Over 1,500 Organizations Urge Opposition to the TPP (January 7, 2016)
• Early Statements from Labor, Consumer, Enviro, Etc. Organizations After TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)
• Sierra Club Statement: TPP Text Is Concrete Evidence of Toxic Deal (November 10, 2015)
• Sierra Club Analysis of TPP Environment Chapter (November 10, 2015)
• Statements from Environmental Organizations on TPP Environment Chapter (November 10, 2015)
• NRDC Statement on TPP Text Release: TPP Weakens Protections, Should Be Rejected (November 10, 2015)
• Defenders of Wildlife Statement on TPP Text Release: TPP Falls Short for Wildlife (November 10, 2015)
• United Steelworkers Statement: USW Opposes American Job-Killing TPP (November 10, 2015)
• Environmental Investigation Agency Statement: EIA Does Not Support TPP (November 10, 2015)
• 350.org Statement: TPP Text Confirms A Handout to the Fossil Fuel Industry (November 10, 2015)
• Center for International Environmental Law Statement: TPP Text Threatens Environment, Public Health, Democracy (November 10, 2015)
• Friends of the Earth Statement: TPP Text Exposes Threat to Environment, Climate (November 10, 2015)
• Greenpeace Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)
• AFL-CIO Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)
• Communications Workers of America Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)
• Teamsters Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)
• International Trade Union Confederation Statement: Fears Over Trans-Pacific Partnership Confirmed (November 10, 2015)
• Machinists Union Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)
• United Food and Commercial Workers Union Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)
• National Farmers Union Statement: TPP Will Fail Family Farmers and Ranchers (November 10, 2015)
• Alliance for Retired Americans Statement: TPP Text Proves Seniors Have Been Right to Worry About Higher Prescription Drug Prices (November 10, 2015)
• National Nurses United Statement: Final TPP Text Even Worse Than Advertised (November 10, 2015)
• NETWORK National Catholic Social Justice Lobby Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)
• Food and Water Watch Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)
• Doctors Without Borders Statement on TPP Text Release (November 10, 2015)
• Environment Groups Outline Demands for TPP, Urging Congress to Vote “No” if Concerns Left Unaddressed (October 29, 2015)
• AFL-CIO’s President Trumka Asks President Obama for the Release of the TPP Text (October 9, 2015)
• Coalition for Better Trade: Majority of American Voters Oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (September 30, 2015)
• OpenTheGovernment: Open government groups call for new USTR “transparency officer” (September 30, 2015)
• Friends of the Earth: Obama administration manipulates human rights report to “fast track” Malaysia’s participation in TPP trade deal (July 27, 2015)
• United Food and Commercial Workers International Union: Upgrading Malaysia’s Status: Bad for Human Rights and American Workers (July 27, 2015)
• Teamsters: Human rights before huge profits from TPP (July 27, 2015)
• United Steelworkers: Removal of Malaysia from Human Trafficking Blacklist (July 27, 2015)
• NETWORK Responds to Reports that State Dept. Will Upgrade Malaysia’s Status in Human Trafficking Report (July 9, 2015)
• AFL-CIO Condemns State Department Upgrade of Malaysia on Trafficking List (July 9, 2015)
• Statement from Mark Ruffalo on Tuesday’s Senate Vote on Fast Tracking the Trans-Pacific Partnership (June 22, 2015)
• Vietnamese Labor Activists tell Congress NO on Fast Track (June 11, 2015)
• Hundreds of Tech Companies to Congress: TPP and Fast Track Harms Digital Innovation and Users’ Rights (May 20, 2015)
• Faith and International Development Organizations Urge Congress to Reject Fast Track and a Bad TPP Deal (April 30, 2015)
• Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns: TPP investment chapter will further threaten God’s Earth and vulnerable people (March 31, 2015)
• A Proposed Resolution Expressing the Seattle City Council’s Opposition to Fast Track and Strong Concerns About Draft Elements of the TPP (March 30, 2015)
• Faith Groups Declare TPP Investment Chapter Unjust and Puts Profit Ahead of People (March 26, 2015)
• Transparency Groups Write to Members of Congress, Urging Public Access to Draft Trade Pacts Texts (March 23, 2015)
• Lawyers Write to Congressional Leaders to Oppose the Inclusion of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Provisions in the TPP (March 11, 2015)
• Doctors Without Borders Writes to President Obama Expressing Concerns that the TPP would Restrict Access to Affordable Medicines (March 9, 2015)
• Food & Water Watch: Fact Sheet on the TPP and the Fast Track to a Gusher of Imported Fish (April 2014)
• Civil Society Groups Express Concerns with TPP Provisions That Could Adversely Affect U.S. Prescription Drug Programs (April 30, 2014)
• United Auto Workers President Bob King Expresses Concern about the TPP, Urges Rejection of Fast Track (January 16, 2014)
• Teamsters’ Hoffa Writes Congress in Opposition to Fast Track and the TPP (January 1, 2014)
• Coalition of 250 Civil Society Organizations Expresses Concern about Financial Deregulation in the TPP and TAFTA (December 19, 2013)
• DeLauro, Miller Lead 151 House Dems Telling President They Will Not Support Outdated Fast Track for Trans-Pacific Partnership (see the letter here) (November 13, 2013)
• AARP and U.S. Health Groups Write to President Obama on Concerns that TPP Would Undermine Access to Affordable Health Care (November 8, 2013)
• Coalition of civil society groups sends letter opposing Fast Track for the TPP to members of Congress and senators (October 23, 2013)
• AARP letter to USTR on TPP provisions that would drive up pharmaceutical prices in the U.S. (October 22, 2013)
• AFL-CIO Resolution 12: America and the World Need a New Approach to Trade and Globalization (September 11, 2013)
• Peruvian Parliamentarians’ Resolution calls for greater transparency and public engagement in TPP negotiations (English Translation) (August 28, 2013)
• Teamsters: TPP needs a full debate, not a rubber stamp (August 23, 2013)
• Mayor Bloomberg in the New York Times: Why is Obama Caving on Tobacco? (August 22, 2013)
• California Democratic Party resolution calling for withdrawal from the TPP and for a new, more transparent paradigm for trade negotiations (July 21, 2013)
• Environmental NGOs write USTR Froman calling for a strong and binding environmental chapter in the TPP (July 11, 2013)
• Joint Resolution from Maine State Legislature Against Fast Track (June 10, 2013)
• More Than 50 State Legislators Raise Concerns About the TPP’s Threat to the Environment in Letter to USTR (May 20, 2013)
• Senator Elizabeth Warren warns of TPP’s threat to U.S. financial regulations (video) (May 9, 2013)
• More Than 400 U.S. Civil Society Groups Write Congress on TPP and Fast Track, Calling for Transparency and Outlining Core Principles for International Economic Pacts (March 4, 2013)
• U.S. Civil Society Groups Urge Obama Administration to Ensure U.S. Trade Policy is Consistent with Global Development Goals (February 19, 2013)
• U.S. Civil Society Organizations Write USTR Calling for Transparency and Stakeholder Engagement in TPP Negotiations (February 4, 2013)
• Over 1.6 million Avaaz activists sign petition to stop the TPP corporate death star (September 14, 2012)
• Video: Representative DeFazio speaks against the secrecy of the TPP negotiations on the floor of Congress (September 13, 2012)
• Presbyterian Office of Public Witness releases statement on threat of TPP investor-state provisions (September 11, 2012)
• Amnesty International speaks out against dangerous of TPP; secrecy concerns (September 6, 2012)
• The ACLU statement calls the TPP “The Biggest Threat to Free Speech and Intellectual Property That You’ve Never Heard Of” (August 29, 2012)
• Petition With 90,000+ Signatures Against TPP’s Internet Trap Hand-Delivered To U.S. Chief Negotiator In San Diego (July 7, 2012)
• State Legislators From 50 States Urge TPP Negotiators to Reject Investor-State Dispute Settlement (July 5, 2012)
• IFLA Criticizes Lack of Transparency in TPP Negotiations (July 4, 2012)
• Manufacturing Groups’ Letter to Sec. Geithner & USTR Kirk on TPP and Currency (May 22, 2012)
• 36 Legal Academics from Around the World Write to USTR Kirk Expressing Concerns with TPP Transparency and Intellectual Property Chapter (May 9, 2012)
• President & CEO of Computer & Communications Industry Association in Forbes: “SOPA, ACTA and the TPP: Lessons for a 21st Century Trade Agenda” (February 29, 2012)
• Letter from Economists Around the World Expressing Concern About TPP Capital Controls Ban (February 28, 2012)
• Groups to Obama: Reject “Unprecedented Level of Secrecy” in Trade Negotiation (February 27, 2012)
• Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Urges Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Negotiators to Exempt Tobacco Products from the Proposed Free Trade Agreement (January 2012)
• Japanese Representatives Petition Against Joining TPP Negotiations (November 10, 2011)
• Joint Statement by Labor Federations of TPP Countries on Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations (November 1, 2011)
• Statement of NLARx Executive Director Sharon Treat on Leaked Text on Transparency for Healthcare Marketing and Reimbursement (October 25, 2011)
• Leaked Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement Texts Reveal U.S. Pushing Extreme Pharmaceutical Corporation Demands (October 22, 2011)
• Japanese Representatives Emergency Resolution against an Immature Pledge to Join TPP Negotiations (October 21, 2011)
• Rep. Henry Waxman and Colleagues Write to Kirk on Access to Medicines in TPP Negotiations (October 19, 2011)
• International Civil Society Requests Transparency in Trans-Pacific FTA Talks (updated October 2011)
• U.S. Civil Society to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk (October 18, 2011)
• Malaysian Civil Society to TPP Negotiators (October 17, 2011)
• New Zealand Civil Society to Prime Minister Rt Hon John Key (October 14, 2011)
• Peruvian Civil Society to Minister of International Trade Jose Luis Silva Martinot (October 14, 2011)
• AFTINET: Australian Civil Society to Minister for Trade Craig Henderson (October 13, 2011)
• American Medical Association to Ambassador Kirk on Exclusion of Tobacco and Alcohol from TPP Negotiations (September 8, 2011)
• Australian Civil Society to Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Minister for Trade Craig Emerson (February 2011)
• Chilean Civil Society to the the Minister of External Relations Alfredo Moreno Charme (February 2011)
• Malaysian Civil Society to the Minister of International Trade and Industry YB Dato’ Sri Mustapha Mohamed (February 2011)
• New Zealand Civil Society to Prime Minister John Key and Minister of Trade Tim Groser
• U.S. Civil Society to United States Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk (February 2011)
• Over 250 Economists Issue Statement on Capital Controls and Trade Treaties (January 30, 2011)
• Civil Society Organizations Send Sign-on Letter on Access to Medicines and the TPP to Ambassador Kirk (September 9, 2010)
• Citizens Trade Campaign Letter to President Obama on the TPP (January 25, 2010)
• AFL-CIO Comments on the Proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Negotiation (January 25, 2010)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ Comments on the Proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Negotiation (January 25, 2010)

Other Resources

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• AFL-CIO Fact Sheet: TPP and Workers of Color
• WikiLeaks releases Investment Chapter of TPP negotiations (March 25, 2015)
• WikiLeaks releases IP Chapter of TPP negotiations (October 2014)
• WikiLeaks releases Environment Chapter of TPP negotiations (January 2014)
• Leesburg Round Negotiations: Read about events and press coverage of the 14th TPP negotiating round, which took place from September 6-15, 2012. Find our updates on the round here.
• Dallas Round Negotiations: Read about events and press coverage of the 12th TPP negotiating round, which took place from May 8-18, 2012.
• Wallach and Beachy in the New York Times: Obama’s Covert Trade Deal (June 2, 2013)
• Wallach in YES! Magazine: Can a “Dracula Strategy” Bring Trans-Pacific Partnership into the Sunlight? (November 21, 2012)
• Matt Stoller at Salon: Trans-Pacific Partnership: The biggest trade deal you’ve never heard of (October 23, 2012)
• Interview: Wallach discusses the TPP with Tavis Smiley and Cornel West. (October 1, 2012)
• Wallach and Beachy in the Bangkok Post: Covert partnership deal has huge destructive potential (August 5, 2012)
• Wallach in The Nation on the TPP: NAFTA on Steroids (June 27, 2012)
• Zach Carter at the Huffington Post: Congress Revolts on Obama Plan that would Ban ‘Buy American’ (May 3, 2012)
• Lori Wallach in The American Prospect: A Stealth Attack on Democratic Governance (March 13, 2012)
• Wallach on the Kojo Nnamdi Show discussing country-of-origin food labeling (January 4, 2012)
• Wallach & Tucker in The American Prospect: Parties Realign on Flawed Trade Deals (October 31, 2011)
• Wallach on the Kojo Nnamdi Show discussing TPP’s ban on Buy American and other buy-local policies (January 4, 2012)