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\"Miami<\/a>City of Miami Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday, October 8, 2015, calling for greater transparency in trade policymaking that affects south Florida\u2019s economy, environment and public health.\u00a0 Their action comes just ten days before trade negotiators from the United States and European Union meet in Miami for their 11th round of talks on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a companion to the just-completed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), whose text still remains secret.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese massive trade agreements have a very real effect on jobs, wages, the environment and public health in our communities,\u201d said Deborah Dion, Florida State Director, Citizens Trade Campaign. \u201cThe American people deserve to know what negotiators have been proposing in our names.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe suspect both the Pacific and Atlantic trade deals will threaten segments of Miami\u2019s work force with procurement provisions that force us to waive \u2018Buy American\u2019 and \u2018Buy Local\u2019 requirements, as well as other provisions that reduce risks and offer incentives to corporations that offshore U.S. jobs,\u201d said Gayle Martin, Florida Progressive Democrats.\u00a0 \u201cAt the same time, both pacts are rumored to contain provisions that could subject the city\u2019s laws and regulations on a wide variety of matters to challenge in international tribunals.\u00a0 These are matters we should be able to investigate and debate publicly before the ink on the deals is dry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unlike European negotiators, who have been their TTIP proposal public, U.S. negotiators for both TTIP and the TPP have flatly refused to make their proposals available for public scrutiny.\u00a0 They have likewise blocked composite texts from being published.\u00a0 Meanwhile, they have granted hundreds of corporate lobbyists special \u201ccleared advisor\u201d status that provides them with access to negotiating texts.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Miami resolution calls on President Obama and Congress to\u00a0\u201cprovide\u00a0transparency, public participation and collaboration\u201d\u00a0on both the TPP and TTIP. \u00a0\u00a0Similar resolutions have also been passed in the City of South Miami, City of Hialeah Gardens and the City of Hallandale Beach.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s shameful that Europeans can learn what their government is proposing, but Americans cannot,\u201d said Fred Frost, Campaign Lead, CWA International Union.\u00a0 \u201cGovernment just works better when there\u2019s a system of transparency, public participation and collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe TPP negotiating process was a disaster.\u00a0 It provided corporate special interests preferred access to the texts throughout the negotiations, while barring the public from knowing what was being proposed during the pact\u2019s entire formative stages,\u201d said David Diaz, Executive Board Member, AFSCME Local\u00a0 3292.\u00a0 \u201cPolicies that affect Floridians daily lives shouldn\u2019t be negotiated behind closed doors.\u00a0 The TPP and TTIP texts should both be released immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the upcoming TTIP negotiations in downtown Miami (October 19-23), unions, faith leaders, elected officials, consumer and environmental groups, and community activists will be holding protests, press conferences and briefings to shine a spotlight on the TTIP and other secretive trade deals.<\/p>\n

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