Subject: TPA/TPP
From: Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
To: Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>, John Anzalone <[email-masked]>, Joel Benenson <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, Kristina Schake <[email-masked]>, Jim Margolis <[email-masked]>, Mandy Grunwald <[email-masked]>, Marlon D <[email-masked]>, Amanda Renteria <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 20:58:40 +0000

All, I want to share our draft letter on trade.  As you'll recall, the idea here is to use this to lay out her thinking on TPA & TPP ahead of action on the Hill and a joint letter by all the former Secretaries of State and Defense. This draft assumes that she's ultimately going to support both TPA and TPP.  It focuses on what needs to happen to produce a positive result with TPP, and casts support for TPA as one of those steps.  It also says that we should walk away if the final agreement doesn't meet the test of creating more jobs than it displaces, helping the middle class, and strengthening our national security.  We've tried to speak directly to the most prominent concerns expressed by Labor and Hill Dems, including Warren.  Of course, if we go ahead with a meeting with HRC to lay out the pros and cons and then come to a different conclusion, this letter would change dramatically.

Thanks
Dan