President Obama has been negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership with 11 Asian-Pacific countries, although details are secret. He calls it a vital opening to Asian markets that are key to American prosperity. Having negotiated since 2009, the President wants it as part of his legacy, and he's asking Congress to re-authorize so-called "fast track" authority. Most Republicans agree -- but his own party is sharply divided. Elizabeth Warren and other progressives see a giveaway of national sovereignty with billions of taxpayer dollars going to multi-national corporations. Labor leaders and environmentalists call it NAFTA on steroids. We hear both sides.
It's Touch and Go for the Biggest Trade Deal in History
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Credits
Guests:
- Bernie Sanders - US Senate (I-VT) - @SenSanders
- Gary Hufbauer - Peterson Institute for International Economics - @PIIE_com
- Harold Meyerson - Editor, The American Prospect; and Columnist - @haroldmeyerson
- Caitlin Webber - Bloomberg - @caitlinwebber