“In other words, through fast-track, Congress would be pre-clearing a political and economic union before a word of that arrangement has been made available to a single private citizen,” according to a letter Sessions sent to President Obama.
In his Monday press release, Sessions referred to the political and economic union as “the new global governance structure.”
Details of the TPP have been kept secret from the US public and made available to lawmakers only under classified settings.
Sessions, who viewed details of the classified TPP agreement, argued that one provision of the agreement, the creation of a TPP Commission, “has all the hallmarks of a nascent European Union.”
On May 22, 2015, the US Senate already voted to approve the so-called fast track authority to President Obama. The House of Representatives may vote on the measure as soon as this week, according to the House Republican leadership.
The fast track authority would allow the President to conclude negotiations on pending Trans-Pacific and Trans-Atlantic free-trade agreements, without giving the US Congress the ability to ratify them.
