Free Trade: Obama's Legacy and Your Pocketbook
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The Trans-Pacific Partnership would be a truly big deal and a major component of the Obama Legacy. But it won't be a done deal unless Congress gives the President sole authority to complete it. We hear about a so-called "free" trade agreement that also includes intellectual property rights, environmental protection and the rights of workers.
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| 0:27.3 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:35.2 | Free trade, Obama's legacy and your pocketbook. |
| 0:42.2 | Hello again, I'm Warren Olney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:46.1 | A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:48.7 | The Trans-Pacific Partnership would be the biggest trade deal in American history involving |
| 0:52.9 | 11 other countries and 40% of the global economy. |
| 0:56.6 | It's being negotiated in secret, but enough is known to call it insanely complex, so Congress will be asked to vote up or down instead of trying to amend it. |
| 1:05.5 | It would bolster the president's pivot to Asia, but many Republicans like it anyway. |
| 1:10.2 | Liberal Democrats see a Wall Street giveaway and more lost jobs. |
| 1:15.1 | We'll hear assessments of the potential impact on the U.S., the Pacific Rim, and you. |
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| 1:52.1 | Hello again, Warren. I'll need back with To the Point. The Trans-Pacific |
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