Representative Alan Grayson (D-FL09), today made the following statement opposing the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement announced in Atlanta this morning:
Today’s announcement of an agreement for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) between the US and 11 other nations is another grievous injury to America’s workers. Deals like TPP have cost us trillions of dollars and millions of jobs. TPP will only add to our record $11 Trillion trade deficit. It will further line the pockets of corporations who ship our jobs, and their profits, overseas.
This deal was crafted by Wall Street to benefit corporate America. It will not only harm jobs and wages, but it threatens food safety, affordable medicine, and other issues working Americans care about. We should be negotiating agreements that protect our workers instead of hurting them. Adding insult to this injury, Congress will not be able to amend this deal when it comes to us next year – we will only be allowed to vote “yea” or “nay.” I will pore over this agreement and work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to promote trade agreements that put American workers first.
