The key to victory in our fight to stop the two mega free trade
agreements - the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic
Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) - is to stop Congress from
approving a new Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill. Of course, TPA is
just the new name for "fast-track authority," which has been used to
steamroll free trade agreements, such as NAFTA (North America) and CAFTA
(Central America), through Congress for several decades now by allowing
only an up-or-down vote on such agreements within 90 days with no
amendments or filibusters permitted.
It is very widely accepted
that the TPP and TTIP agreements cannot be approved by Congress without
TPA in effect. Although a bill that would authorize TPA, Bipartisan
Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 (
H.R. 3830 in the House and
S. 1900 in the Senate), was introduced on
January 9,
it appears that there is not enough support in Congress at present to
assure passage. As usual, most Democrats and some Republicans are leery
of free trade legislation. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid went so far
as to say this regarding the TPA bill in the Senate, "I'm against fast
track.... Everyone would be well advised not to push this right now."
When asked whether he would stop action on TPA, Reid said, "We'll see."
Reid's attitude doesn't mean that TPA won't be passed this year, but it is making approval of TPA look like an uphill battle.
Although we're delighted to hear that support for TPA appears to be
lacking, we can't afford to be complacent. Back in the 1990s when NAFTA
was being debated in the media, there were many articles claiming that
NAFTA was in trouble and wouldn't be passed. However, we know the
outcome: NAFTA passed, and the establishment elites working for a New
World Order got what they needed as a foundation for their next step,
the North American Union (NAU).
Then, a funny thing happened on the road to the NAU. The JBS and allies
slowed down the NAU project so much that now we're hearing that
the TPP and TTIP agreements will leapfrog over the NAU step
and bring about economic and political integration of the United States
with 11 (and more to come, such as China) Pacific Rim nations and the
European Union.
We know that what the establishment elites want, they generally get.
However, we must break this pattern of the creation of larger and larger
blocs of nations before we lose our national independence and personal
freedoms for good.
So, stopping U.S. involvement in this whole long-term pattern of
ever-larger economic and political blocs of nations boils down to
stopping the TPA bills in Congress this year. We can't afford to be
complacent. We've got to assume that they have a good chance to pass
unless we create sufficient opposition to vote them down. And,
there's already some talk of passing the TPA bills in a lame-duck session of Congress after this fall's elections, if need be.
We must ramp up our efforts to stop passage of the TPA bills, H.R. 3830
in the House and S. 1900 in the Senate, beginning now. We don't know
when the votes will be, so we need to build opposition quickly, and then
sustain that opposition all through the year. Our national independence
and personal freedoms are at stake!
Click on the "Choose Freedom - STOP the Free Trade Agenda" action
project graphic above for further educational and action tools.
Please send a prewritten, editable email to your representative and senators in opposition to authorizing Trade Promotion Authority for the Obama administration.
Phone calls can also be very effective, and of course, the most
effective way to educate your congressmen and staff is by making
personal visits to their offices.
Click here for contact information.
Thanks.
Your Friends at The John Birch Society
