IL SR1224

Calls upon U.S. Senate and House representatives to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and similar trade deals that repeat past failed trade policies.

Criticizes past trade agreements (NAFTA, China WTO accession, U.S.-Korea FTA) for displacing approximately 4 million jobs and contributing to a 5 million job decline in U.S. manufacturing from 2000 to 2015.

Objects to investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions that allow foreign companies to challenge state and local laws in international tribunals, bypassing domestic courts.

Identifies concerns that TPP was negotiated in secret, excluding state and local governments from the process and preventing public input on the agreement's rules.

Establishes nine conditions for supporting new trade deals, including protecting state and local authority, addressing trade deficits, excluding ISDS provisions, enforcing labor and environmental standards, and prioritizing people and environment over corporate profits.