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The Hill: White House releases text of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
• http://popularliberty.com, By Vicki NeedhamThe U.S. Trade Representative's office dropped the details of the massive 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal — 30 chapters and more than 2,000 pages — exactly one month since the agreement was completed on Oct. 5 in Atlanta.
The text of the TPP deal will be under congressional and the broader public's microscope for at least 90 days before President Obama can sign the agreement between the United States and 11 other nations — Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Vietnam, Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore.
The text, which has been going through a legal scrub since the deal was completed.