[CTC] Social media help needed on TPP-11

[Arthur Stamoulis]

Please see the note below from one of our colleagues fighting TPP-11 about today's make-or-break moment in the negotiations.  Please compose your own tweets to the Canadian Prime Minister and/or retweet this <https://twitter.com/CouncilofCDNs/status/929001438994411520> and this <https://twitter.com/citizenstrade/status/928988132808253440>.  Thanks!


Apologies for cross-posting.
Dear all,

Apologies for a non-NAFTA email, but this will help stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)11 (ie without the USA) being concluded in the next 24 hours. 

It looked like the TPP11 was going to conclude this week at APEC in Vietnam (the trade ministers had agreed in principle, https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Trump-s-Asian-visit/11-nations-agree-in-principle-on-TPP-Pacific-trade-deal <https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Trump-s-Asian-visit/11-nations-agree-in-principle-on-TPP-Pacific-trade-deal> (although the Canadian trade minister disputed this: https://twitter.com/FP_Champagne/status/928676059230371843 <https://twitter.com/FP_Champagne/status/928676059230371843>). Then it was apparently all agreed but before the TPP11 leaders met, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau added extra demands: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/11/10/not-ideal-outcome-trade-minister-ciobo-says-tpp-talks-stalled-canada <http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/11/10/not-ideal-outcome-trade-minister-ciobo-says-tpp-talks-stalled-canada> (some report that the remaining issues to be agreed are better: environment, labour and indigenous rights). So the TPP leaders could not conclude the TPP11 because Trudeau stood firm.

But a journalist is saying that Japan is still trying to get the TPP11 trade ministers to meet again in the next 2 hours to pressure Canada to agree so the TPP11 leaders can meet tomorrow (11 November) to conclude the deal. 

So if as many Americans & those in TPP11 countries as possible can tweet your thanks to Canada's Prime Minister Trudeau NOW for not agreeing to TPP11, apparently that would help Canada hold the line in the next 2 hours and tomorrow: https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau <https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau> and https://twitter.com/CanadianPM?lang=en <https://twitter.com/CanadianPM?lang=en>. Eg that he's saved the lives of patients, or helped farmers afford seeds, or saved us from the ecommerce provisions, whatever message you have.
Thanks all, 

Sanya
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