Republicans in Congress were eager towork with the Obama administration tofast-track the passage of thetrans-pacific partnership if you haven'theard much about the trans-pacificpartnership that's part of the problemright there it would be the largesttrade deal in history in wabun countriesstretching from chile to japanrepresenting 792 million people andaccounting for 40% of the world economyyet it's been devised in secretlobbyists from america's biggestcorporations and Wall Street's biggestbanks have been involved but not theAmerican public the pharmaceuticalindustry for example they get strongerpatents delaying cheaper genericversions of drugs big corporations andWall Street get an internationaltribunal of private attorneys outsideany nations legal system that can ordercompensation for any lost profits founda results from the nations regulationsthat means even us-based corporationscould challenge any US governmentregulation they claim unfairlydiminishes their profits say laws thatprotect American consumers from unsafeproducts or unhealthy foods that protectworkers blocked toxic emissions orprevent another taxpayer-funded bailoutof Wall Street the Obama administrationsays the trade deal will boost USexports but the deal will also allowAmerican corporations to outsource evenmore jobs abroad in other words it's aTrojan horse in a global race to thebottom giving big corporations from WallStreet banks a way to eliminate laws andregulations that get in the way of theirprofits right now they're trying to getsomething called fast-track Authority sothis massive giveaway can pass withoutany public review or power to amend sowe have to say loud and clear no tofast-track and no to the trans-pacificpartnership