Obama’s Trade Agreement Leaks as Republicans Cower

According to the documents released regarding the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), which involves the United States, the European Union, and 23 other countries, the draft TISA would require all signatories to allow suppliers to keep private information of customers outside their territory. In other words, if a Pakistani company does business in the United States, that company would not be required to keep American customer information in the U.S. and could instead store that information in Pakistan. Leftists are particularly exorcised about one proposal from Turkey that would allow health tourism to foreign countries, reimbursed by home countries’ health insurance plans.

 

Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)40%
supports giving President Obama Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), also known as fast-track authority, to negotiate trade agreements that would then be handed over to Congress for an up-or-down vote without any amendments allowed. Boehner explained to The Hill:

 

This is not about the president; frankly, it’s about the country. It’s why I’ve worked with the president on a number of trade agreements over the course of his tenure and my tenure as Speaker.

 

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