ASSOCIATED PRESS: The wait is over — the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership have finally been revealed to the public.
ASSOCIATED PRESS: The wait is over — the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership have finally been revealed to the public.
The text of the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement between the U.S. and 11 other countries including Japan and Mexico runs to 30 chapters and hundreds of pages. It is mind-boggling in its detail, laying out plans for the handling of trade in everything from zinc dust to railway sleepers and live eels.
Governments of the 12 member countries released the complete text online Thursday, making public the specifics of an agreement that critics complain was forged in secrecy.
