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May 16, 2014

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Criticizes Secrecy of Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Talks 
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Japan is offering to slash protections for domestic meat products as
part of ongoing negotiations with the United States over the
Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. The secretive trade deal involves 12
countries and 40 percent of the global economy. Trade ministers plan to
discuss the pact in Singapore next week. On Wednesday, Massachusetts
Sen. Elizabeth Warren criticized the secretive nature of trade talks
during a speech at Public Citizen's gala in Washington, D.C.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "From what I hear, Wall Street, pharmaceuticals,
telecom, big polluters and outsourcers are all salivating at the chance
to rig the deal in the upcoming trade talks. So the question is: Why are
the trade talks secret? You'll love this answer. Boy, the things you
learn on Capitol Hill. I actually have had supporters of the deal say to
me, 'They have to be secret, because if the American people knew what
was actually in them, they would be opposed.'"