trade agreements
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MacKay: Congress considers signing away own sovereignty with TPP
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President Barack Obama has made passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership his top priority. He wants a vote in a lame-duck session of Congress after the election when retired and fired representatives could come back to Washington to approve it. If passed the TPP could continue to weaken the United States. Entire industries and professions could be sent…
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Colorado AFL-CIO won’t endorse Bennet in U.S. Senate race
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The state’s largest coalition of labor unions voted on Saturday to sit out Colorado’s U.S. Senate race rather than endorse U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet because of the Democrat’s position on a controversial international trade agreement. “The Trans-Pacific Partnership weighed heavily on our affiliates’ decision to remain neutral in the U.S. Senate race,” said Sam Gilchrist, executive…
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Perrone and Johnson: Food safety, local agriculture at risk if Congress passes TPP
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Do you care about the quality of your food and where it comes from? If you do, and you should, it is time to be concerned about the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. The TPP, like other trade deals before it, is being sold as a boon to the American agricultural industry. But the real track record…
