SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: Res 31573

• Record No: Res 31573
• Version: 3
• Type: Resolution (Res)
• Status: Adopted
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 3/30/2015
• Title: A RESOLUTION expressing the Seattle City Council's opposition to the current form of Trade Promotion Authority ("Fast Track"), strong concerns about draft elements of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and support of fair trade practices and agreements that protect American jobs, protect workers, protect the environment, improve the quality of life in all signatory countries, maintain the integrity and sovereignty of our judicial system, and not give multinational corporations power to undermine national and local governmental authority to create reasonable rules and regulations.
• Sponsors: Mike O'Brien, Kshama Sawant
• Supporting documents: 1. Proposed Substitute v2: Clean Version, 2. Proposed Substitute v2: Track Changes Version, 3. Divided Report, 4. Proposed Substitute v3 (added 3/30/15 at 5:00 p.m.), 5. Signed Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/30/2015	3	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
3/30/2015	2	City Council	adopted as amended	Pass
3/17/2015	1	Planning, Land Use, and Sustainability Committee	adopt as amended	Pass
2/23/2015	1	City Council	referred
2/19/2015	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
2/19/2015	1	City Clerk	sent for review

CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION _________________
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A RESOLUTION expressing the Seattle City Council's opposition to the current form of Trade Promotion Authority ("Fast Track"), strong concerns about draft elements of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and support of fair trade practices and agreements that protect American jobs, protect workers, protect the environment, improve the quality of life in all signatory countries, maintain the integrity and sovereignty of our judicial system, and not give multinational corporations power to undermine national and local governmental authority to create reasonable rules and regulations.
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WHEREAS, the City of Seattle strongly supports international fair trade practices and agreements that foster economic growth and high standards for labor, our environment, and public health; and

WHEREAS, Washington is a trade dependent state in which at least 40% of jobs are directly or indirectly related to international trade, and in the last decade Washington exports grew 176 percent, from $29.6 billion in 2004 to $81.6 billion in 2013; and

WHEREAS, Seattle is home to the Port of Seattle, the Trade Development Alliance, and scores of internationally-successful companies employing our people and heightening Seattle's interest in the TPP and Congressional "Fast Track" authority; and

WHEREAS, the TPP will likely involve policy matters related to intellectual property, labor, human rights, agriculture, natural resources, the environment, government procurement, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, energy, and others, all important to our city, other local jurisdictions, and Washington State; and

WHEREAS, fair trade practices and agreements should promote the creation of family-wage jobs, encourage shared prosperity, protect our environment, ensure the safety of food and other products, revitalize manufacturing, and ensure local governments can regulate for high standards;

WHEREAS, the...