Consumer Groups Urge Congress to Reject Trans-Pacific Partnership
CFA and Consumers Union, the policy and mobilization arm of Consumer Reports, ask House and Senate leaders not to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership in its current form. The agreement’s focus on “non-tariff trade barriers” threatens a wide range of public policy measures and gives private companies and investors the power to weaken or eliminate consumer protections. Congress should direct the U.S. Trade Representative to include consumer advocates and other public interest stakeholders in a transparent negotiation process of any new trade agreements.
