Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations
In mid-November 2013, representatives from 12 Pacific Rim nations met in Salt Lake City, Utah, for a round of secret talks regarding a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ― a sweeping international trade agreement that would apply to Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam. The TPP, which would supersede the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in areas where the two overlap, is expected to spur intense debate in Congress. As with NAFTA when it was deliberated in 1993, much of the controversy is likely to focus on labor and environmental standards,…
