Global Union Leaders: Open Trans-Pacific Trade Talks
Trade union leaders of nations involved in talks to create the latest international trade deal—the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPPTA)—are calling for the negotiations to be inclusive and open, not conducted behind closed doors with a few corporate players, as too many other deals have been.
In a letter sent earlier this month to the trade ministers of Australia, Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and the United States, union leaders say that workers’ voices must be part of the negotiating process.
