[governance] Fwd: [tpp-allies] Public Interest Coalition Opposes Fast-Track Authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership

[Carolina]

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> From: Maira Sutton <maira at eff.org>
> Date: October 24, 2013 at 12:23:44 AM GMT+8
> To: "tpp-allies" <tpp-allies at listserver.citizen.org>
> Subject: [tpp-allies] Public Interest Coalition Opposes Fast-Track Authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
> Reply-To: Maira Sutton <maira at eff.org>
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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 massive rally against NSA spying.) 
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> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/public-interest-coalition-letter-no-fast-track-authority-trans-pacific-partnership
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> Public Interest Coalition Opposes Fast-Track Authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
> 
> EFF has joined a broad coalition of 14 public interest groups today in delivering a letter to members of Congress, urging U.S. lawmakers not to grant the Obama administration "fast-track" authority for trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). 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.
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> 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.
> [...]
> Link to PDF letter here: https://www.eff.org/document/civil-society-coalition-letter-opposing-fast-track-authority
> List of signing organizations: Amnesty International, Demand Progress, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Free Press Action Fund, Free Software Foundation, Gene Ethics, Global Exchange, IOGT International, Knowledge Ecology International, New Media Rights, OpenMedia, Public Citizen, Public Knowledge, and RedGe.
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> Maira Sutton
> Global Policy Analyst
> Electronic Frontier Foundation - www.eff.org
> maira at eff.org
> Tel: 415.436.9333 x175
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