the tpp should be voted down t. is introduced in both houses in washington and the votes are not there yet and there is a on going act ive campaign to stop this piece of legislation. it is undemocratic and everyone knows since nafta was introduced all most 20 years ago, there are hundreds of thousands american job that left the united states or the pressure on wages and benefits for the workers that are effected by the bad trade policies. people still don't seem the learn the lessen. i want to thank jan avalos for supporting item 41 and think a statement from san francisco, a big union town and a also a progressive town and major city in the united states would go a long way in terms of the national campaign to stop this horrible legislation so we urge you to support this and thank you very much. >> thank you mr. paulson, next speaker, please >> member of the board of supervisors i'm here today to call out something that you are aware of because you are the cause of if. when public comment started today all but 3 of

in tpp. what would that be? as you know, your boss and ambassador has not allowed senate staff for most of us to go in and read tpp. i've been in there with ms. todd for not as much time as i'd like. she's not allowed to go back. can you tell us what that means, american right to regulate, how we preserve that? >> thank you senator brown. what it means in the existing text of our existing state dispute mechanisms that are also being negotiated in the tpp, and let me read it to you, it provides that non-discriminatory regulatory actions by a party that drengzed and applied to protect legitimate public welfare objectives such as public health, safety, and the environment do not constitute indirect expropriation. so that's actually embedded in the -- >> would that have stopped -- mr. chairman, if i might. would that have stopped -- and i want to explain this to my colleagues in a moment. would that have stopped philip morris from attacking us as they did australia on a plain packaging tobacco pu

that if we don't get tpp, we get no trade. that's way you made it sound and that's the way he answered. there's a lot of distance between that. what we're saying is let's have a good trade benefit that really does benefit people. the statistics, we'll also tell you for every billion dollars in trade deficit and we have about $500 billion of trade deficit every year, there's several thousand, almost 15,000 jobs lost berper billion dollars of trade deficit. now each one of the trade deficits that we've sign identification has increased that deficit. it's sustaining. 500 billion a year takes jobs out of the country. i swear i don't know where tom got his figures earlier that we have a surplus, a trade surplus? to have a trade surplus no figure that i know of because goods and services and everything else has been in deficit. so a good trade bill we could create jobs and benefit everybody, but currently the tpp has constituted is not that bill. it doesn't address currency. it doesn't address the investment and doesn't address the

he said he is duffin of tpp. -- no fan of tpp. >> he says the agreement is too secretive. it is not when you do much to help. he says it will be too much like nafta, increasing imports from overseas and take away jobs from americans, and that he says basically, as part of the corporate agenda, it will help to corporations and not too much for american workers. amy: steven greenhouse is a former labor and workplace reporter for "the new york times." he has been covering the fight for $15 movement extensively. on wednesday, he co-wrote a piece for the guardian called, "fight for $15 swells into largest protest by low-wage workers in u.s. history." we will link to that article at democracynow.org. his book is called "the big , squeeze: tough times for the american worker." next up, we will talk about the tpp, transpacific partnership with lori wallach and alan grayson. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: we turn now to the pending vote in congress on the secretive trans-pacific

i feel at the tpp -- like the tpp is redundant. don't we already have existing trade partnerships and diplomatic treaties with other commercial relations with these countries? you mentioned earlier that one of the goals of the trade deal like the tpp are to prevent countries from going to war with each other. from a list of countries you just mentioned, there's no way that we would ever go to war with these countries. they are stable and upwardly mobile. they have emerging and a strongly well-educated middle classes. i just feel that this is an agreement that has been crafted completely by major industries that are fishing for the labor markets. these people have no allegiance to the united states. they are not american patriots. they are multinational -- you know, organisms. a perfect example is that congress once again forces its responsibility to be a legislative audit. they don't declare wars. we are now in our second decade of these ill-fated boondoggles in the middle east. all undeclared wars and now we are going to have anot

i support the tpp. we need to be opening markets everywhere. >> so that's who the president is hanging out with on this deal. on the other side you have elizabeth warren, and every single union in this country. >> i do not believe that continuing a set of bad policies policies that are failed makes any sense at all. we need a new direction in trade policy. and the tpp is not that direction. >> millions of jobs paying good wages, and cities and in suburbs and in rural america that have simply disappeared. some have been lost to technology. far too many have been lost to unfair trade practices as jobs are moved overseas. >> so the answer is not only no but hell no. no i'm not going to be doing any single handed trying to defeat it. i've told everybody how i feel. that's the way it is. >> so the partly sunny's challenge here is to prove that this will not ship jobs overseas and he can't do that. meanwhile, history tells us u.s. trade agreements are bad for american workers in the economy. there is a ledger

tpp does not include china. we all understand that given how long it has taken to get with the countries we have gotten. i doubt it's going to be china joining tpp anytime soon. this tpa bill is going to be around for just six years so the bottom line to me is not only do you somehow just arrived at a trade agreement trade agreement and that's that's why i call it no trade agreement by osmosis reality is if china were ever to join the tpp they have to go through us first. this question of wine to hold china accountable which my seat mate for all these years made that point it made it very eloquently we are going to hold them accountable because if china were ever to join the tpp they have to show up in the united states congress first. rick -- so reluctantly i give a no vote. >> let me point out under this bill we have to give notice. and we give advance notice on any methodology administration whatever the administration is going to do. this bill gives congress an awful lot of authority. senator menendez. see t

this belief makes us eager to see the early conclusion of the tpp. on the bilateral outstanding issues, we welcome the fact that significant progress was made, we will continue to cooperate to lead the tpp talks through its last phase. we've confirmed that we would work together for the early and successful conclusion of the talks. in addition, with regard to the situation in east asia, abduction by north korea, nuclear missile issues, the situation in the ukraine, the nuclear issue in iran and the threat of terrorism. furthermore, climate change, inshekt infectious and communicable diseases, the world has a multitude of issues facing it. on these all sorts of issues we have had a frank and candid exchange of views and we agreed that we would cooperate. when it comes to the future of japan and the united states, there are infinite possibilities. energy, infrastructure, science and technology, space, in addition to this, the empowerment of women. we agree that is between the president obama and myself, that we would cooperate and move forward in makin

but it's not directly related to tpp, i don't think tpp causes loss of job in the united states. >> i go back to the nafta trade agreement not causing any loss of jobs and the giant sucking sound hearing the jobs headed south. are you in agreement that the tpp won't cost americans jobs? >> it's hard to come up with a firm statement as to what the economic result will be. it's mixed some american jobs are likely to be hit. just because you have low cost countries like china and malaysia playing to the strengths of american companies so presumably it's going to have some boost for jobs at home. obviously, it's just too early to say what the precise economic impact is going to be like. i think what you're seeing too is that these jobs, people on the left in the democratic party certainly have a long memory back to nafta as well. we're finding that the strategic argument is falling on deaf ears for that reason and i think it's worth paying attention to. >> there is something that is not falling on deaf ears and you mentioned it briefly by saying, some of this is happening in the back room

and an aircraft carrier, we choose tpp. perspective how to keep america safe and strong. mr. kempe: but wouldn't be able to land jets on that. ms. atkinson: he can do more than land jets on it. tpp does more than that. mr. kempe: that's a good segue to the general. how do the marines feel about the choice between aircraft carriers and tpp and that's kind of a frivolous, but underlying serious question, you gave a speech to the national defense industry -- industrial association where you said that the administration should broaden the national security council's role to encompass more energy matters. we not looking comprehensive ly enough at first how we define national security and how we use our national security tools, and to this grabs nicely off of the aircraft carrier tpp. general jones: i think this is really an exciting time. i am fully enthusiastic about what the administration is trying to do here. we have great u.s. trade rep, in mike froman, and secretary's use of commercial diplomacy is one of the bright things

carriers and tpp. and that's kind of frivolous, but an underlying serious question, you gave a speech to the national defense industry -- industrial association, where you said that the administration should broaden the national security council's role to emcompass more matters. are we just not looking comprehensively enough at first how we define national security, and how we use our national security tools and so -- and this i think grabs nicely off of the aircraft carrier tpp values. >> i think this is really an exciting time. and i'm fully enthusiastic about what the administration's trying to do here. i think we have a great u.s. trade rep in mike froman and i think the secretary's use of global diplomacy or commercial diplomacy is one of the bright things that's going on in our approach to world affairs. and i think it recognizes that we've made the transition from 21st century problem solving to 21st century problem solving. the 20th century was kind of a bipolar century. the 21st century is obv

i want to mention the amendment i filed to the tpp bill. i don't ask for a vote today but i want to reiterate my concerns about trade agreements containing immigration provisions. even before i became chairman of the judiciary committee, when i was chairman and ranking member of this committee, i opposed previous administration's attempts to include immigration provisions and nanddemanded the judiciary committee will relayed on anything dealing with immigration. usdr included immigration in agreements with china and sing mother a -- singapore in 2003. these consultations are nearly consultations, and they do not provide a mechanism for ensuring that changes to the immigration system aren't included. when ambassador froman was before the committee last week i asked him about the provisions in tpp. he told us that they are not negotiating anything in tpp that would require any modifications of u.s. immigration laws or systems. he told us that the 11 other countries are making offers to each other in the area of temporary entry, but that the u

tpp does more than that. >> that's a good segue to the general. how do the marines feel about the choice between aircraft carriers and tpp and that's kind of a frivolous, but underlying serious question, you gave a speech to the national defense industry -- industrial association where you said that the administration should broaden the national security council's role to encompass more energy matters. we not looking comprehensive enough at first how we define national security and how we use our national security tools, and to this grabs nicely off of the aircraft carrier tpp. general jones: i think this is really an exciting time. i am fully enthusiastic about what the administration is trying to do here. we have great u.s. trade rep, in mike froman, and secretary's use of commercial diplomacy is one of the bright things that really going on in our approach to world affairs. i think it recognizes we made the transition from 20th century problem-solving to 21st 21st century problem. the 20th century was a bipolar century. in the 21st century, glo

to the agreement. >> tpp will help level the playing field. it will be good for the workers of both our countries, and more over, tpp will have strong protections for workers in the environment and help us set high standards for trade in the 21st century. >> abe and obama also talked about china's increased maritime activities. obama said both countries are committed to respond quickly to china's actions. regarding the proposed infrastructure bank abe said japan has not decided yet to take part in the new bank but it will cooperate with the u.s. to have dialog with china over various concerns surrounding the aiib. earlier, ross mihara spoke with our comment tatser. he shared his insight on the outcome of the bilateral summit. >> moss yoe nakajima joins us. what came out of the summit? >> abe and obama tried to build on their alliance. they want the world to see that they have strong ties. the u.s. is looking to japan to deliver on its promises on defense cooperation and trade negotiations. economic expansion was a focal point of abe's visit. t

advantage of the tpp.st: this is a question we have not seen a lot of republicans weigh in on yet -- republicans running for president weigh in on yet. this gets back to the strange bedfellows of trade politics. rand paul's foreign policy is something that separates him from the republican field. it is something that is going to distinguish him for better or worse and we will see how that plays out. scott walker and a number of other candidates have made a big deal about trying to move -- trying to show off their foreign policy. scott walker just got back from a trade mission in europe. he went on another trip to the u.k. earlier this year that was less successful. we have seen -- host: you can do trade missions for your state? guest: governors are oversees all the time, trying to secure deals to get companies to come back to the u.s. and build factories in their home state. that is what walker was doing. simply going and being there demonstrates some knowledge of the fact that there is this other continen

a busy week for those negotiating the tpp. >> officials from japan and the u.s. met in tokyo this week. as we covered here they were up all night on the second day as they poured over the details. and working level officials are now meeting in the u.s. to continue the conversation. they're expected to discuss outstanding issues including the term to protect patents for pharmaceutical products. the top working level officials kicked off their four day talks on thursday. the chief negotiator says he is happy to see deliberations are in full swing on a fast track bill to give president obama a greater authority in trade negotiations. >> translator: i hope discussions in the u.s. congress will have a positive effect on our meeting and that the negotiations overall will make progress. japan will do its utmost the make a contribution. >> the delegates will talk until sunday. the aim is to pave the way for an early conclusion of the deal at a following min sterile level meeting among all 12 countries. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry has expressed high hopes that

this belief makes us eager to see the early conclusion of the tpp.the bilateral outstanding issues we welcome the fact that significant progress was made. we will continue to cooperate to lead the tpp talks through its last phase. we have confirmed that we would work together for the early and successful conclusion of the talks. in addition, with regard to the situation in east asia abduction by north korea, nuclear missile issues the situation in the ukraine, the nuclear issue in iran and the threat of terrorism, furthermore climate change and communicable diseases the u.n. security council reform the world has a mull multitude of issues facing it. and we have had a frank and candid exchange of views, and we agreed that we would cooperate. when it comes to the future of japan and the united states there are infinite possibilities, energy infrastructure science and technology space and in addition to this the empowerment of women. we agree that is between president obama and myself that we would cooperate and move forward in making investments for th

the property protections that we are seeking in the tpp, those are based on u.s.aw already here that is the standard we want other countries to have. on the issue of investment, and i know that issue was brought up a lot on saturday, the rules we are seeking to make sure our investors when they go overseas to reach those new customers those are exactly the same type of principles that every american has learned about from birth. they are in our constitution. they are not special new rights for investors to sue governments. these are principles that are core to sp nondiscrimination due process. there is nothing that is broader than what we already provide to every individual, every investor , foreign and domestic, already in the united states. host: linda dempsey from the national association of manufacturers, joining us. we have a call from the democrat line. caller: when you hear trade, not free trade, i really think that nafta and a lot of these trade deals that have been made with retired union workers, they have hurt the working class person, the middle-class

firm commitment to finalize the tpp negotiation. emerging countries such as malaysia and vietnam may keep or harden their attitude in their area of intellectual property like for new drugs and state-owned enterprises. they could use japan as kind of an excuse for not making concessions. >> he warns if the negotiations become dead locked the u.s. would not only fail to reach an agreement that benefits americans, but also lose its influence in asia. >> there's a chance that itchina will become more influential. it's expected to solve the slow decision-making process but concern lies among the transparency of business skills as well as adverse effect on the environmental measures because of china's leadership. japan is to reconsider whether to join the aaib because world economic environment has changed. prime minister abe may face a new challenge in his political and economic policies. >> reporter: japan and the u.s. still have differences to iron out. the goal to reach a deal for both sides to find satisfactory grows more urgent with

officials are facing opposition at home over the tpp. labor leaders are saying that the deal could seriously threaten american jobs. more than 1,000 members of labor unions and other groups gathered in front of the u.s. trade representative offense. in the crowd was senator bernie sanders who is independent but part of a democratic caucus. >> tpp will be a disaster for american workers. >> sanders said past free trade agreements have failed to live up to their promises of creating more jobs. bipartisan lawmakers introduced a bill to give president barack obama greater authority in trade negotiations last week. but the opposition from labor leaders and some democratic lawmakers is casting a shadow over the measure. at the white house, press secretary josh ernst suggested that the deal would be good for the u.s. to play a role in the world economy. >> we are at risk of the chinese government using the influence that they're granted by their large economy to come in and write rules that put american workers and american businesses a at disa

a swift and successful conclusion of the agreement. >> tpp will help level the playing field. it will be good for the workers of both our countries and more over, tpp will have a strong protection for workers in the environment and help us set high standards for trade in the 21st century. >> abe and obama talked about china's increased maritime activities. obama said both countries are committed to responding swiftly to china's actions. regarding the investment bank proposed by china, abe said japan has not yet decided to take part in the new bank, but decided to cooperate with the u.s. to have dialogue with china over various concerns surrounding the aaib. the first ladies of japan and united states have called on school children to help make ties between their nations more friendly. ♪ they visited an elementary school in a suburb of washington. the japanese first lady is accompanying her his on his u.s. first. about 100 children at the school study math science and other subjects in japanese. >> hello, everyone. you guys are playing an important role in bringing our two coun

tpp gets into some weeds that are less politically salient.ncy manipulation is not going to be the field on which the campaign is going to be fought. >> by the way, i'm a -- my job to stir this thing up. none of this thing that shuts the door in the debate. >>> the roundtable is staying with us. president obama's commitmentment to africa. he is out there doing it as of last tooibl night, i can tell you. this is "hardball," the place for politics. we are sharing a little bit of our soul. to life! and when we eat, we begin with our eyes. just as the beauty of the food entices you to try it, the beauty of the website should entice you to explore it. i am eric ripert and this is my squarespace. ♪ ♪ ♪ (under loud music) this is the place. ♪ ♪ ♪ their beard salve is made from ♪ ♪ ♪ sustainable tea tree oil and kale... you, my friend, recognize when a trend has reached critical mass. yes, when others focus on one thing you see what's coming next. you see opportunity. that's what a type e* does. and so it begins. with e*trade's investing insights cent

tonight's question -- do you trust president obama on the tpp? go to pulse.msnbc.com/ed to cast your vote. i'll bring you the results later on in the show. >>> i want to bring in senator bernie sanders tonight from vermont, the independent who has been very cler on this issue all a -- clear on this issue all along. we got an earful from the president. we wanted to make sure his side of the story got out. he said that there are enforceable labor and environmental provisions in the tpp. what does he mean? how enforceable are they? your take. >> we've heard it from almost every trade agreement that's come down the pike and yet you have workers that are being exploited all over the world. it takes years before their concerns are being heard. i think the first point to make about this trade agreement is to look at whose side multi-national corporations are on on this. how do the drug companies feel about this. how does wall street feel about it? all of the multi-nationals believe this is a great agreement. just the other day, i and a few of us spoke b

any thoughts on the tpp?aller: -- [indiscernible] i got into the conversation that you two are having, and you are talking about the issue congressman auxerre -- congressman becerra, with currency manipulation. with china, of course that they guy in the battle, but how can japan -- explain that to me. the companies are looking for a better way of exporting, just like the u.s. it is more difficult to export your products if the dollar is high. how can the japanese -- and, by the way, the u.s. did not manipulate it. everyone from who knows where europe and asia, came into the united states because we have the better economy. host: congressman becerra. guest: that is a great question, john. how do you manipulate a currency? there are many ways and japan has done this. in one case, you go out and buy someone else's currency. so japan will use its currency to purchase in the international market american dollars. all of a sudden, american dollars are really attractive because someone is buying them up. you want to

this amendment only applies to the ttip negotiations so it would not affect tpp negotiations. it's interesting that as we are meeting on april 22 it's exactly 30 years ago this date that the united states and israel sign the u.s. israel free. agreement. at that time it was considered an unprecedented trade agreement in the history of united states and the first fda entered into in the signing ceremony at the house ways & means committee minister minister of commerce and industry ariel sharon especially u.s. trade represent william brock stressed it would benefit the economies of united states and israel and serve as a precedent for future agreements. it is very clear that our trading partners being challenged today by barriers and these barriers are governmental boycotts and sanctions that are targeted against israel. this amendment represents a new effort to try to deal with it by dealing with our trading partners and represents an area to make sure that our international partners do not try to de-legitimate and isolate israel. i might want to point out that we have made prog

tpp will help level the playing field. it will be good tore tfor the w of both our countries and moreover tpp will have a strong protections for workers in the environment and set high standards for trade in the 21st century. japan and the united states both operate with high standards in our companies and our cooperati corporations. we try to be responsible when it comes to corporate citizenship and high standards will be good for us and good for the region. based on the progress we've made prime minister abe and i discussed how the united states and japan as two of the largest economies will work together to lead our tpp partners to swift and successful conclusions of the broader negotiations. we also agreed to continue our close coordination on climate change. the two countries that have mads the largest pledges to the green climate fund were committed to helping nation around the world seize the opportunities of transigging to low carbon economies and discussed the importance of all major economies submitting targets t

seven asian countries are our negotiating partners on the tpp. these include japan, whose prime minister will be in washington next week for a state dinner and to adjust a joint session of congress. the transformation of the united states and japan from enemies to allies over the past seven decades is truly one of the most magnificent achievements in all of history for both countries. an example of a remarkable turnaround and reconciliation. the tpp is one way to guarantee that our bilateral ties already strong grow even stronger while , serving to reassure the our -- reassure all of our allies that america's commitment to the region is deeply rooted and long-term. because the asia pacific matter so much, president obama announced early in his presidency a plan for a rebalance in foreign policy. but that rebalance is grounded as well, in the need for regional partners to proceed a level -- perceive a level playing field within asia, so the geopolitical clout is not overly concentrated in any one country, including us. we are not seeking that. we

wikileaks has a whole festival of tpp chapters.it is rainy where you are, go to wikileaks and peru some tpp chapters and then go to our website trade watch. are -- trade watch.org to translate the language into what it means to your lives. who benefits? we have seen from past trade agreements, the companies and big ones that are offshore and pay slave labor wages to make the same u.s. and brand-name goods and sell it here, their profits go up. you see that the investors in oil, gas mining have new rights to go to other countries and rip up there or is or make new lines. those guys benefit. there has been a horrific set up cases with guatemala, peru, el salvador of mining companies using those foreign tribunals to basically wiped out with the communities decide should be the use of their land, their water their resources. to some degree, it is not left versus right but big versus small. you have to be a big company of taking advantage of going offshore which is what these agreements do. to your point, we could have trade agreements

amy: prime minister abe will push for the tpp before congress today. last week, panels in both the house and senate passed a measure to give obama authority to negotiate the tpp, then rush it through congress on a yes-or-note vote. more than 2000 organizations have joined together to urge congress to reject so-called fast-track authority for the tpp, saying the deal would hurt workers, undermine health, environmental and financial regulations and grant corporations special rights. groups signing onto the joint letter alliance for retired americans, consumers union, the naacp. indonesia has executed eight people for drug crimes despite pleas from around the world to spare their lives. the eight men shot to death by firing squad earlier today include two australians, four nigerians, a brazilian and an indonesian. a filipina woman also scheduled to die was granted a stay of execution after a woman who allegedly recruited her to carry drugs reportedly turned herself in. australia has deplored the executions and recalled its ambassador to indonesia. sweden'

with respect to tpp it is never fun passing a trade bill in this town. people are understandably concerned about the potential impacts on specific industries but also the general concerns that people of had about globalization and technology displacing workers. we are addressing this systematically. here is what i am confident about. this will end up being the most progressive trade bill in history. people have the kinds of labor and environmental and human rights protections that were absent in previous agreements. it is going to be enforceable and open to markets not really open to u.s. businesses. because good policy ends up being good politics, i'm confident we will get the votes in congress. congress will have a lot of time to review it, when and if it is actually completed. this notion is no secret. they will have 60 days before i even send it to look at the text and a number of months after that before they have to take a final vote. thank you very much, everybody. mark: president obama and prime minister shinzo abe talking with immediate -- the m

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these countries are a part of tpp according to the u.s.rtment of labor commission study, they have virtually hundreds of thousands of people in forced labor. these are people, maiigrants working for the electronics industry. so we want to know how many jobs are lost and certainly senator warren's point is this is a fast track agreement. we don't know what's in the agreement. >> well i have to ask you this senator. when does this become a credibility issue for the president of the united states? the president is saying trust me. the president is saying, look at his record of defending and fighting for the middle class. my point in contention is it's not about what the president has done but will do and what he says he wants which is tpp, which is a horrible trade deal. we all know some of the details not all of them. so in your estimation when does this become a credibility problem for the white house? for the president? >> well i think to answer your question, it is important to understand that it's not just barack obama who is supporting

seven agent countries are among our negotiating partners on the tpp. these include japan his prime minister will be in washington next week for a state dinner and to adjust a joint session of congress. the transformation of the united states and japan from enemies to allies over the past seven decades is truly one of the most magnificent and achievements of all history for both countries. an example of countries. an example of a remarkable turnaround for reconciliation and of possibilities. the tpp is one way to guarantee that our bilateral ties already strong grow even stronger while serving to reassure the our allies that america's commitment to the region is both deeply rooted and long-term. because the asia pacific matter so much, president obama announced early in his presidency a plan for a plan for a rebalance in foreign policy. but that is grounded as well and the need for regional nurse to proceed a level playing field within asia so the geopolitical clout is not overly concentrated in any one country, including country, including us. were not

can your union, and can you support hillary clinton if she supports tpp? >> i think it would be hard regardless of the party, to support a candidate who supports tpp, as we now know it. obviously still a secret. where just as importantly to support fast track, and we don't know what's in fast track. we need populous politics. we need candidates who say i care about jobs. net jobs. imports. killing jobs in america. not just a few export jobs. that we care about pay and how our pay gets held down. i think it's essential that she speak out on these issues. >> essential that she speaks out. i'm hearing that in a lot of corners of the country from a number of different groups. so here comes senator elizabeth warren asking these questions. what kind of pressure do you think that puts on hillary clinton? >> i think what senator warren is doing is great for all of us. as she said in the clip you played, we now have 500 cases under the settlement. this is a reality. and cases like petroleum getting $2 billion from ecuador because they want to save the environment.

as the secretary noted, we have formally consulted with tpp countries. our partners have indicated a shared understanding with the concerns raised by congress and they have indicated they are willing to work constructively as well. however, they uniformly raise significant concerns about enforceable currency discipline and rejected the notion of subscribing to uniform enforceable currency disciplines. for a range of reasons including the potential impact on their ability to use and to use and ploy their monetary policies as well. based on these discussions, we would expect that countries and our tpp partners would seek to identify measure standards that would seek to target our monetary policies as well and to seek to subject those two binding dispute settlements. and so this prevents a significant amount of concern for us. in fact the federal reserve chairwoman yellen has stated serious concerns about an enforceable discipline precisely because it could potentially hobble u.s. monetary policy objectives. >> that last point, with respect to monetary poli

and that if we can reach an agreement through the tpp negotiations it would include enforceable labor conditions and environmental protections not included in nafta. if there is an opportunity for american businesses to have access to a substantial economic market that could be very good for their bottom line. so the president is going to continue to make this case. and the other part of this argument is simply that those who are opposed to this kind of trade agreement are severally suggest we should lock in the status quo and the president doesn't believable that is in the best interest of our economy or in the interest of middle class workers in the country. >> on the iranians intercepting the tigris how concerned is the white house on what the iranian navy has been up to? >> as of this morning it is our understanding that it remains in the custody of the irgc navy and we are continuing to monitor the situation. we have not received reports of injuries to crew members and as we noted yesterday, according to information received yesterday there are no americans on board. this is a si

reporter: not everyone in congress is in favor of the tdp -- tpp. many are worried about job losses at home. president obama is trying to put the doubters at ease by highlighting the trade and growth potential that the tpp is supposed to bring about. president obama: the current situation is not working for us. i don't know why folks would be opposed to opening up the japanese market more to u.s. autos and u.s. beef. it doesn't make any sense. reporter: japan may be moving towards opening its markets, but it is also moving away from its pacifist defense policy, much to the anger of china and south korea. both countries were victims of japan's aggression during the second world war. some analysts say, despite that dark and painful chapter, the united states is pleased that japan now wants to strengthen bilateral military ties. >> on security, the two countries are revising the alliance guidelines for the first time since 1997, a significant element -- development. it could be a significant deliverable from the summit, incorporating changes to the sum

what they would not like to see in the tpp. fast tracking doesn't mean congress has given a rubber stamp to it. whatever deal is negotiated will have to come back and receive an up or down vote. if labor doesn't -- >> no amendment. you take it as it is? >> exactly. but you can take it or leave it. laying out what we would take and leave, i think it's a parallel thing to iran. you've had the president saying you know congress has rights to involve itself in this but we don't want them involving themselves inside too granular a level because tell blow up the deal. you can say the same about this dole deal. in the 2016 campaign, i do not think this will be a leading issue in the campaign because it is so complicated. has so many parts. frankly, you talk about the biggest trade devdeal since naft -- >> is this an opening to her left in terms of challengers jumping? >> i think it could be part of a portfolio of issues to get to hillary's left on. there are a lot of issues nobody seems interested in taking up in the democratic field.

obama taking this opportunity for a hard tell again on tpp, trying to assure the american people it is not going to cost jobs degrade environmental standards, that it is going to boost the economy. but there is a strong fear out there that there will be job losses as a result of tpp, will go over to lower-cost labor markets. so, again, obama coming out and saying we'll have those labor standards in place. and these trade agreements will likely contain a provision that will allow foreign investors to sue the u.s. government if they adopt regulations or policies that could harm potential profits. but these have been invoked increasingly within the last ten years, and there's a fear that as that cost goes up if the u.s. loses one of these suits, it could have a chilling effect on regulation going forward. >> as the president was speaking, i was looking at the twitter feed and we saw richard [ inaudible ] coming out and saying no fast track, calling on labor families to be on the streets on april 18th to get -- to put pressure on lawmakers to stop the president from doing it. >> exactly. t

what will be harder in the tpp, the transpacific partnership. who does one have to convince and what do you think are the most important arguments, both for people, for workers of america, and how -- it's very interesting. most often administrations make economic arguments around trade. we're talking now about national security arguments, geopolitical arguments. talk about how -- you know, who needs to be convinced what are the questions about tpp that need to be satisfied, and how does the geopolitical argument work? >> i think the first argument is an economic one. so people need to be satisfied that tpp will be good for america, and will be good for american workers and american families. we believe and the president believes that it will be. we know that exports support in our economy 11 million jobs. we know that export growth has accounted for 1/3 of the growth that we've had since the crisis in 2009. and research shows that jobs supported by exports tend to be better paid than other jobs by as much as 18% more than other jobs. so all of t

tpp will help help the playing field. it will be good for the workers of both our countries and moreover, tpp will have strong protections for workers in the environment and help us set high standards for trade in the 21st century. japan and the united states both operate with high standards in our companies, our corporations. we try to be responsible when it comes to corporate citizenship and high standards will be good for us and good for the region. based on the progress we've made, prime minister abe and i discussed how the united states and japan as the two largest economies in the negotiations will now work together to lead our partners to swipt and successful -- swipt and success -- swift and successful conclusions of the negotiations. we also addressed climate change. the two countries that have made the largest pledges to the green climate fund were committed to helping nations around the world seize the opportunities of transitioning to low carbon economies. and we discussed the importance of all major economies

and obviously, we have strong disagreements on the tpp. where i think the president has made his biggest mistake is that after his historic and brilliant 2008 presidential campaign in which he rallied the american people, brought young people into the political process what he did after he was elected is kind of say, hey, thanks a lot. i appreciate it. you're gone. and now i'm going to sit down and argue and try to negotiate with john boehner. i think that was a terrible mistake because here's the truth, ed. and i'm the only candidate maybe to ever say this. no president, not the smartest best human being in the world can do it alone. you cannot take on this the power that is in washington, the billionaires and the lobbyists and the military industrial complex, all this money and power, you can't do it. you need a mass movement of americans who are looking in congress and say directly if you don't make college education affordable, you're out of here. because we know it's going on. if you don't end these huge tax breaks for the rich you're