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(FYI We are having this letter hand-delivered in Capitol Hill this
week as many of my colleagues are there to meet with Congress
members and attend the <a href="https://rally.stopwatching.us/">massive
rally against NSA spying</a>.) <br>
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<h2 class="node-title">Public Interest Coalition Opposes
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<p>EFF has joined a broad coalition of 14 public interest
groups today in delivering a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.eff.org/document/civil-society-coalition-letter-opposing-fast-track-authority">letter
to members of Congress</a>, urging U.S. lawmakers not
to grant the Obama administration "fast-track" authority
for trade agreements, including <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp">the
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)</a>. The TPP is a
complex multi-national agreement that could extend
restrictive laws around the world and rewrite
international rules of copyright enforcement in ways
that could further restrict online rights.</p>
<p>Fast-track authority, also known as "trade promotion
authority," requires Congress to waive its
Constitutional authority to review treaties, limiting
its ability to seek fixes and amendments. In the case of
agreements negotiated in near-total secrecy, like the
TPP, granting fast-track authority would create a
dangerous lack of accountability.<br>
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<p>Link to PDF letter here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.eff.org/document/civil-society-coalition-letter-opposing-fast-track-authority">https://www.eff.org/document/civil-society-coalition-letter-opposing-fast-track-authority</a><br>
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List of signing organizations: <a href="http://www.amnesty.org">Amnesty
International</a>, <a href="http://www.demandprogress.org/">Demand
Progress</a>, <a href="https://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier
Foundation</a>, <a href="http://www.freepress.net/">Free Press
Action Fund</a>, <a href="http://www.fsf.org/">Free Software
Foundation</a>, <a href="http://www.geneethics.org/">Gene Ethics</a>,
<a href="http://www.globalexchange.org/">Global Exchange</a>, <a href="http://www.iogt.org/">IOGT International</a>, <a href="http://keionline.org/">Knowledge Ecology International</a>,
<a href="http://www.newmediarights.org/">New Media Rights</a>, <a href="https://openmedia.org/">OpenMedia</a>, <a href="http://citizen.org">Public Citizen</a>, <a href="http://www.publicknowledge.org/">Public Knowledge</a>, and <a href="http://www.redge.org.pe/">RedGe</a>.<br>
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Maira Sutton
Global Policy Analyst
Electronic Frontier Foundation - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.eff.org">www.eff.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:maira@eff.org">maira@eff.org</a>
Tel: 415.436.9333 x175
:: Defending Freedom in the Digital World ::
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