To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Obama & Warren should debate Fast Track & TPP
Just Foreign Policy
President Obama should agree to publicly debate Senator Warren on Fast Track trade legislation and the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
Why is this important?
Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has warned that passing Fast Track for the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement would cost American jobs and threaten U.S. financial regulations. [1]
Doctors Without Borders warns the agreement would delay the availability of affordable drugs. [2] Oxfam warns the agreement would undermine efforts to reduce poverty in developing countries. [3] Human Rights Watch warns that current Fast Track legislation would protect trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank that violate international law. [4]
But President Obama says Senator Warren is “absolutely wrong” in her criticisms, claiming “her arguments don’t stand the test of fact and scrutiny.” [5]
Urge President Obama and Senator Warren to agree to a televised debate on these issues that will inform the American people by signing our petition.
References:
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/us/politics/obama-calls-elizabeth-warren-absolutely-wrong-on-trans-pacific-trade-deal.html
2. http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/help-us-fix-tpp
3. http://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/fast-track-and-tpp-bad-for-development/
4. http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/05/15/don-t-protect-israeli-settlement-trade
5. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/us/politics/obama-calls-elizabeth-warren-absolutely-wrong-on-trans-pacific-trade-deal.html