http://www.vice.com/read/everything-we-know-so-far-about-the-trans-pacific-partnership-824?utm_source=vicetwitterus
President Barack Obama
has been riding high these last few weeks, cementing his legacy with
landmark victories on healthcare, gay marriage, and opening a first US
Embassy in Cuba for the first time since the Cold War. Between the
rainbow flag waving and soaring eulogy-writing, though, it was easy to
miss what may have been the president's most significant—and
controversial—victory: the signing of a Trade Promotion Authority bill that gives Obama filibuster-proof superpowers when it comes to negotiating trade deals.
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