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Doggett Warns TPP Text Work Could Water Down Deal; Rebuts USTR Sales Pitch

October 23, 2015 at 1:44 PM
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) on Friday (Oct. 23) warned that delays in releasing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) text could signal an effort by negotiators to water down the agreement announced on Oct. 5, and he also rebutted key Obama administration selling points regarding the deal's environmental and tariff-cutting benefits. Speaking on a press call about the separate U.S.-European Union trade talks, Doggett argued that the longer the TPP text goes unreleased, the clearer it becomes that trade negotiators are still...

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