"Details of Controversial Pacific Trade Deal: What You Need To Know"

"Details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal were released Thursday, potentially setting off another round of debate on the controversial agreement involving one dozen nations.

Labor unions and environmentalists have criticized the 12-country agreement, citing worries it would cut protections for and add competition to already-stagnating wages and hand more power to multinational corporations.

Many in Congress have expressed concerns the pact would further hamper US job prospects just as the country is climbing out of a years-long recession."

Michael D. Regan reports for the Christian Science Monitor November 5, 2015.

SEE ALSO:

"Trans-Pacific Partnership And The Environment: What's The Deal?" (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

"Environmentalists: The Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement Is A Disaster For Climate Change" (Climate Progress)

"No Longer Top Secret: The TPP Trade Deal Is Just as Evil as You Think It Is" (Grist)

"Trans-Pacific Partnership Critics Concerned About Environment, IP Clauses in Trade Pact's Fine Print" (Australian ABC)

"Climate Change Missing From Full Trans-Pacific Partnership Text" (Sydney Morning Herald)

"How the Trans-Pacific Partnership Will—and Won’t—Protect Wildlife" (National Geographic)

"TPP Details Released, And It’s Worse than We Thought" (Food and Water Watch)

Opinion: "Free Trade Can Boost Environmental Protection: Babbitt and Salazar" (USA TODAY)

"Environmentalists Praise Wildlife Measures in Trans-Pacific Trade Pact" (New York Times)

"Sierra Club: TPP Text is “Concrete Evidence” of Toxic Deal" (Sierra Club release)