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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'></meta></meta></meta></meta><!-- TemplateBeginEditable name="content" -->President
Bush announced we would enter negotiations to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership
(TPP) in 2008, and President Obama echoed this message in December of
2009. </span></font><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'>TPP members are <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>meeting right now in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region>
</span></b>to discuss expanding membership to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Peru</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Vietnam</st1:country-region> and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy;font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>Will the TPP become NAFTA-lite for the <st1:place
w:st="on">Pacific Rim</st1:place>, or will it reflect President Obama's
vision of trade reform articulated in 2008?<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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bold'>How:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'> To find out
more, join us on this briefing call for key trade and labor activists.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color:#FF6600;font-weight:bold'>Number: 1-800-240-3895 <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'>
Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME), Chairman of the House Trade Working
Group (HTWG)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'>
Lori Wallach, Director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Andy Gussert, Director of Citizens Trade Campaign<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy;font-weight:
bold'>What:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'> The Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) is a major multilateral trade agreement, as was NAFTA and
CAFTA.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'>
To get background, an update on current negotiations, and focus on future
messaging. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=navy face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy;font-weight:
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:navy'>
Tuesday, March 16th, at 2:00 pm EST. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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are invited. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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