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Should trade deals negotiations be secret?

Should trade deals negotiations be secret?


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jamesrage

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Should trade deals negotiations be secret?

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I am not going to put a maybe or other I do not know as a poll option.Either you support this or you do not.

As far as I am concerned no trade deal should even be kept secret.When it is kept secret it appears to be intentional in order to keep people from voicing any concern about it until it is too late.
 
I can't think of a reason it should be secret.
 
Obviously the negotiations themselves need to be conducted in secret. That is the only way to have real meaningful negotiations about substantive issues that require compromises on all sides.
 
Senators have access to the developing negotiations, and most of the Democratic Party opposes TPP.
 
Should trade deals negotiations be secret?

Yes
No


I am not going to put a maybe or other I do not know as a poll option.Either you support this or you do not.

As far as I am concerned no trade deal should even be kept secret.When it is kept secret it appears to be intentional in order to keep people from voicing any concern about it until it is too late.

I'm curious what brought this up. I know, here in Canada, pretty much any and all trade deals are negotiated between countries at the bargaining table and these meetings aren't televised or reported verbatim, so you could argue they're "secret", but the terms of the discussions are pretty much always report upon including what areas of concern Canada has and what sticking points exist, etc. And whenever a deal is reached it requires parliamentary approval and is debated both publicly and politically at that time.
 
I'm curious what brought this up. I know, here in Canada, pretty much any and all trade deals are negotiated between countries at the bargaining table and these meetings aren't televised or reported verbatim, so you could argue they're "secret", but the terms of the discussions are pretty much always report upon including what areas of concern Canada has and what sticking points exist, etc. And whenever a deal is reached it requires parliamentary approval and is debated both publicly and politically at that time.

The public has the right to know what their elected officials are doing with other countries and what deals are being worked out. The Obama trade deal is being reported as being secret. So I wanted to know what people's thoughts are on it.

This is not the first time such a thing has happened recently.

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