Whoever Is Leaking Trans-Pacific Partnership Drafts: Please Leak More

Re:Whoever Is Leaking Trans-Pacific Partnership Drafts: Plea... by sh33mp on Sunday May 10, 2015 @12:14PM (#9520320)

So could someone clarify this for me? Is is that the TPP negotiations are occurring in secret, or is it that the TPP will be passed without it being available for the public to view (which should be the case for most bills?)?

The former seems very reasonable to me (that negotiations happen in secret, and then the final product is presented to the public/congress for a vote), but up to this point I'm still not sure which is the case.

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Re:Whoever Is Leaking Trans-Pacific Partnership Drafts: Plea... by rayiner on Sunday May 10, 2015 @12:17PM (#9520333)

The negotiations are being done in secret. The result will be presented as ordinary bills to legislatures.

But I'm not sure if there is anything reasonable about non-national security issues being discussed in secret. We're talking about commerce here, not nuclear weapons.

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Re:Whoever Is Leaking Trans-Pacific Partnership Drafts: Plea... by shmerl on Sunday May 10, 2015 @01:25PM (#9520596)

Here is a good review of how it works: http://economixcomix.com/home/tpp/

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Re:Whoever Is Leaking Trans-Pacific Partnership Drafts: Plea... by bradbatt on Sunday May 10, 2015 @02:15PM (#9520783)

That was amazingly good and informative. Cool site and book!

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Re:Whoever Is Leaking Trans-Pacific Partnership Drafts: Plea... by cheeseprocedure on Sunday May 10, 2015 @02:33PM (#9520839)

This is fantastic. Thank you!

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