President obama doesn t mean it can t be used to erode workers rights, and environmental policies under another president. so what she s talking about is the long-term consequences o ss of these trade packs, which is what oftentimes people don t want to think about. but this is the thing these folks are going to basically we haven t seen the pack though. that s exactly right. i m sorry, jason. let me just jump in here. i have to say this one thing that is really really bothering me. and i emphasized this with you last time rev. tpa is completely different from tpp. tpa grants the president the authority to negotiate on behalf of this country, which virtually every president since eisenhower has had. tpp is a deal that is still very much in formation. tpp is the deal that will be made public for four months before congress even has to vote on it. and one more thing, maria.
While hillary stands the best chance to be the nominee in 2016, it s also more likely she ll be forced to face issues like education, free trade and regulating wall street, forcing hillary to take the unions side, trade packs, tax policy. she will face dueling demands from centrists and the liberal base of the democratic party. so who will hillary be with on these issues? the reformers or left or center-left? a former candidate for the governor of new york is joining us. let s talk about the political positioning. passionate left or center-left? if you don t mind those terms, where should she go? of course i mind those terms. they are all populous issues where you see people across the political spectrum rising up in
Chance to be the nominee in 2016, it s also more likely she ll be forced to face issues like education, free trade and regulating wall street forcing hillary to take the unions side, trade packs, tax policy. she will face dueling demands from centrists and the liberal base of the democratic party. so who will hillary be with on these issues? the reformers or left or center-left? a former candidate for the governor of new york is joining us. let s talk about the political positioning. passionate left or center left? if you don t mind those certains, where should she go? of course i mind those terms. they are all populous issues where you see people across the
Why? it s interesting because the president gave his state of the union speech back in january for this free trade agreement. the next day harry reid, the leader said i m not for it. the very next day. the reason democrats are opposed is because of labor. labor unions believe this is eventually going to cost democratic workers, american workers jobs. i think that s a big problem for democrats. they had into the mid-term elections. they don t want to be seen as supporting anything that could cost american jobs. whether this take away authority from the congress, they don t like that. this agreement would not allow amendments to any trade packs. they kind of like to put restrictions on trade packs and
Well, president obama s already facing long odds on everything from tax reform to climate change. now, here s one more reason to be a bit skeptical that anything will get done at least this year. even when the president finds an issue that has republican support, he can t seem to get democrats on the same page. case in point is trade. president obama s calling on congress to give him trade promotion authority, which would essentially allow him to fast track some trade agreements. two of the largest trade deals in u.s. history they re working on now, promoting them as badly needed job creators. when 98% of our exporters are small businesses, new trade partnerships with europe and the asia pacific will help them create even more jobs. china and europe aren t standing on the sidelines, and neither should we. as we mentioned, we re talking about two separate deals in the works, very large regional trade packs. the trans-pacific partnership is a deal with 11 nations in asia,