Gordon Hanson

Mitch Perry Report for 10.6.15 — Who’s down with the TPP?

Published on October 6, 2015 in 2017/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

After nearly six years of discussions, negotiators announced finalized terms for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Monday. Although it will take months before it can wind its way through Congress, the question is: Will it pass and become a feather in the cap for President Obama’s legacy? Note that I didn’t ask whether or not it should pass. There are plenty of folks on both sides of the aisle who say it should not. In a close vote earlier this year, Congress…

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Kathy Castor “leaning no” regarding her vote on the Trans Pacific Partnership

Published on April 21, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

Tampa Democratic Representative Kathy Castor says she is leaning against giving “fast track” authority to President Obama for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade deal involving the U.S. and 11 South American and Pacific Rim nations that if enacted would be the largest trade deal since the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Mexico, Canada and the U.S. Last week leaders of tax committees in both the House and Senate agreed to legislation that gives Congress the right…

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