Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by sh33mp 4052 days ago
So could someone clarify this for me? Is is that the TPP negotiations are occurring in secret, or is it that the TPP will be passed without it being available for the public to view (which should be the case for most bills?)?

The former seems very reasonable to me (that negotiations happen in secret, and then the final product is presented to the public/congress for a vote), but up to this point I'm still not sure which is the case.

2 comments

The negotiations are being done in secret. The result will be presented as ordinary bills to legislatures.

But I'm not sure if there is anything reasonable about non-national security issues being discussed in secret. We're talking about commerce here, not nuclear weapons.

Here is a good review of how it works: http://economixcomix.com/home/tpp/
That was amazingly good and informative. Cool site and book!
This is fantastic. Thank you!