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<div><br class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Cathy Feingold <br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">FW: W&M Press -- Levin Releases Paper on Worker Rights in TPP</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">February 1, 2016 at 1:46:14 PM EST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Arthur Stamoulis <br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class="">
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<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">Arthur,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class="">Please share if folks are interested.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class=""> </span></p>
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<b class="">Sent:</b> Monday, February 01, 2016 11:46 AM<br class="">
<b class="">To:</b> Parker, Kevin<br class="">
<b class="">Subject:</b> W&M Press -- Levin Releases Paper on Worker Rights in TPP<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
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ON </span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 28pt;" class="">W</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 22.5pt;" class="">AYS AND
</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 28pt;" class="">M</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 22.5pt;" class="">EANS</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Sander M. Levin (D-MI), Ranking Member</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></p>
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<td width="798" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:6.65in;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class="">WASHINGTON, DC – </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class="">Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released an issue analysis paper
<b class="">[<a href="http://democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/files/documents/TPP%20Issue%20Analysis%20Labor%20FINAL.pdf" class="">PDF here</a>]</b> prepared by the Committee’s Democratic staff focused on worker rights in the Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. The analysis paper is part of the Committee Democrats’ ongoing effort to increase public dialogue around key issues in TPP. A forum on this topic could not occur last week as a result of the snow storm impacting the Washington,
D.C. area.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class="">“This paper describes the most prevalent labor concerns in the relevant countries and provides a preliminary assessment of whether and how provisions in the TPP Agreement will address those concerns,”
<b class="">wrote the Committee’s Democratic staff.</b> “In all cases, but for different reasons in each case, significant and legitimate concerns remain as to whether the labor standards of the May 10th Agreement will be fully implemented and enforced.”</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class="">The Committee’s Democratic members also requested views from a range of outside experts on the worker rights provisions in TPP. Submitted statements from the following experts can be found below:</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol" class="">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class=""><a href="http://democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/files/documents/Labor%20Forum%20Remarks%20-%20John%20Sifton.pdf" class="">John Sifton</a>, Asia Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol" class="">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class=""><a href="http://democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/files/documents/Labor%20Forum%20Remarks%20-%20Harley%20Shaiken.pdf" class="">Harley Shaiken</a>, Professor, Graduate School of Education, University
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class=""><a href="http://democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/files/documents/Labor%20Forum%20Remarks%20-%20Sabena%20Dewan.pdf" class="">Sabina Dewan</a>, Executive Director, JustJobs Network</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol" class="">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class=""><a href="http://democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/files/documents/Labor%20Forum%20Remarks%20-%20Cathy%20Feingold.pdf" class="">Cathy Feingold</a>, Director of International Affairs, AFL-CIO</span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol" class="">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class="">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class=""><a href="http://democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/files/documents/Labor%20Forum%20Remarks%20-%20Steve%20Charnovitz.pdf" class="">Steve Charnovitz</a>, Associate Professor, George Washington
University Law School<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class="">Ways and Means Committee Democrats have been hosting a series of intensive, in-depth forums on key issues in TPP called “</span><a href="http://democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/issue/trading-views-real-debates-key-issues-tpp" target="_BLANK" class=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class="">Trading
Views: Real Debates on Key Issues in TPP</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class="">.” Click
</span><a href="http://democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/issue/trading-views-real-debates-key-issues-tpp" target="_BLANK" class=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class="">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt" class=""> to read prepared remarks, analysis papers, and watch videos
of previous forums on the environment, investment, access to medicines, currency manipulation, and auto rules of origin.
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