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How Seattle City Council Is Fighting the TPP’s Fast-Track: An Interview With Kshama Sawant

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The Seattle City Council resoundingly approved a resolution Monday evening cementing its opposition to so-called Fast Track authority that’s needed to speed passage of corporate-friendly, rights-trampling trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

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