<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">International Brotherhood of Teamsters <<a href="mailto:communications@teamster.org">communications@teamster.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">April 4, 2012 9:11:51 AM PDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:orftc@citizenstrade.org">orftc@citizenstrade.org</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Sign the Petition: No Back Room Deals for the 1%</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">International Brotherhood of Teamsters <<a href="mailto:communications@teamster.org">communications@teamster.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" align="center" bgcolor="#333399" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 628px; "><tbody style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#333399" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 626px; "><tbody style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><td align="center" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><tbody style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><td align="center" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://ibt.convio.net/site/R?i=f5AY0e5wQRq6PHf2-VFoFw" target="_blank" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: blue; "><img src="http://ibt.convio.net/images/content/pagebuilder/10994.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; "></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 626px; "><tbody style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><td valign="top" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 606px; height: 34px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><tr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Dear Arthur Stamoulis,</p><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; "></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Back room trade deals benefit big corporations at the expense of working people. </span><a title="blocked::http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1034/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9842" href="http://ibt.convio.net/site/R?i=gWQNg8KCof5Vh1jxGFOhaw" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: blue; "><strong title="blocked::http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1034/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9842" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">We need your help demanding that U.S. officials move the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement negotiations into the light of day.</strong></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">The <a title="blocked::http://www.citizenstrade.org/ctc/trade-policies/tpp-potential-trade-policy-problems/" href="http://ibt.convio.net/site/R?i=9f4QIxc4EDvxYA2pxfHiHQ" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: blue; ">Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement</a> is a massive new trade deal for the Pacific Rim. After eleven major rounds of negotiations, the United States has reportedly introduced proposals for most, if not all, of an estimated 26 separate chapters for this pact — proposals that will likely affect <strong style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><em style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">jobs, wages, agriculture, migration, consumer safety, the environment, financial regulations, internet freedom, access to medicine, indigenous rights, public procurement and more</em></strong> in our communities and throughout the world. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Despite the far-reaching nature of the Trans-Pacific FTA, <strong style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">the U.S. Trade Representative has refused to release any of its negotiating proposals for public scrutiny.</strong> One corporate trade attorney with decades of experience in international trade negotiations recently gloated that, <strong style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><em style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">"This is the least transparent trade negotiation I have ever seen." </em></strong> </span><a title="blocked::http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1034/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9842" href="http://ibt.convio.net/site/R?i=ldWfk53uJnaA5Mj-TBRHzw" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: blue; "><strong title="blocked::http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1034/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9842" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">That isn't right and has to change.</strong></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">What's even worse, however, is that while the majority of Americans are barred from knowing what's taking place in the Trans-Pacific FTA negotiations, <strong style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">approximately 600 corporate lobbyists have been named "cleared advisors," giving them regular access to the negotiating documents and negotiators. </strong></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">This type of back-room deal making is unacceptable in a democracy, and it is even outside of the norm for international trade negotiations. Even the World Trade Organization (WTO) publishes its draft negotiating proposals online for public review and comment.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><a title="blocked::http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1034/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9842" href="http://ibt.convio.net/site/R?i=BzXiA4rDPCydC_bmYX8YjQ" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 153, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" title="blocked::http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1034/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9842" style="font-family: Arial; "><strong title="blocked::http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1034/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9842" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Please sign an online petition urging U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to publicly release the negotiating proposals for the Trans-Pacific FTA.</strong></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><strong style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>The petitions will be delivered to U.S. trade negotiators prior to the start of the next negotiating round, widely rumored to take place in the United States in May. </span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; "><br style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">You deserve the right to know what U.S. trade negotiators are negotiating in your name. <a title="blocked::http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1034/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9842" href="http://ibt.convio.net/site/R?i=q76WXsBl1tJZKqUuxvBy9g" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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