Veteran Trade Wonk, Michael Wessels Has Read All TPP Documents And Says The Deal Sucks

Legitimate criticisms of the trade deal can't be aired publicly, writes veteran trade wonk Michael Wessel, who has been cleared to review portions of the deal under negotiation. "So-called 'cleared advisors' like me are prohibited from sharing publicly the criticisms we've lodged about specific proposals and approaches. The government has created a perfect Catch 22: The law prohibits us from talking about the specifics of what we’ve seen, allowing the president to criticize us for not being specific. Instead of simply admitting that he disagrees with me—and with many other cleared advisors—about the merits of the TPP, the president instead pretends that our specific, pointed criticisms don’t exist. What I can tell you is that the administration is being unfair to those who are raising proper questions about the harms the TPP would do." Politico