Subject: TPP comments
From: Amanda Terkel <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 21:23:05 -0400

John,

Nice seeing you in the park today -- great day for a run!

Reaching out because we talked to a few folks who were at a Democracy
Alliance meeting where you spoke last month, when someone asked you about
TPP. They said you said, "Make it go away."

We're doing a piece on this -- seems to just sort of sum up the political
calculation around TPP. What we're going to write: "Any benefits that might
come from the TPP, if they do, won't appear for years ahead, while the
political price will be paid upfront. The progressive base is strongly
opposed to the deal, and largely considers NAFTA, the major free trade deal
pushed through by President Clinton, to have contributed significantly to
the erosion of the middle class."

We reached out to Finney for official campaign comment, but just wanted to
drop you a line too in case you had any thoughts. Thanks!

-Amanda

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