didn t know about it. second, the obama administration is currently negotiating a massive new trade deal called the trans-pacific partnership, described as nafta on steroids. despite promises typically made about the so-called pretrade deals they end up providing huge profits to big business at the expense of workers. somewhere ross perot is making giant sucking sounds as he attacked nafta back in the 90s april look at who is officially advising the obama administration illuminates why workers get the shaft in the deals. out of 566 people who serve on the trade advisory committee, 85% come from business and the trade associations that represent business. and who s looking out for working people and for the middle class in these deals? next to no one. only 5% of the committee problems come from labor. these committee are supposed to speak for the public s interests, and yet overwhelmingly dominated by