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Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Received: by 10.25.24.94 with SMTP id o91csp3372910lfi; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:08:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.140.195.14 with SMTP id q14mr6657242qha.78.1430420936496; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:08:56 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <seizenstat@cov.com> Received: from smtpsf.cov.com (smtpsf.cov.com. [216.200.93.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g128si24313061qhc.62.2015.04.30.12.08.55 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:08:56 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: none (google.com: seizenstat@cov.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) client-ip=216.200.93.196; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=none (google.com: seizenstat@cov.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) smtp.mail=seizenstat@cov.com X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.11,678,1422939600"; d="scan'208";a="6583117" Received: from cbivexht01eus.cov.com ([10.1.75.117]) by smtpsf.cov.com with ESMTP; 30 Apr 2015 15:08:48 -0400 Received: from CBIvEXMB05DC.cov.com ([fe80::5419:ae1e:a899:3f0f]) by CBIVEXHT01EUS.cov.com ([::1]) with mapi; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:08:44 -0400 From: "Eizenstat, Stuart" <seizenstat@cov.com> To: "'Jake.Sullivan@gmail.com'" <Jake.Sullivan@gmail.com> CC: "'huma@hrcoffice.com'" <huma@hrcoffice.com>, "'John.Podesta@gmail.com'" <John.Podesta@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:08:43 -0400 Subject: Trade and Hillary Thread-Topic: Trade and Hillary Thread-Index: AdCDeRPASRhZYE7lQE2KalGWKe+X7A== Message-ID: <2024B1FCFD37FC478BCD92EC0508319F06B0F77B02@CBIvEXMB05DC.cov.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Dear Jake, Permit me to express concern about the initial position Hillary has taken o= n trade in general and TPP in particular. I am painfully aware of the tough= politics on trade, from my work on the Tokyo Round (with Bob Strauss in th= e Carter Administration) and the Uruguay Round (when I was Ambassador to th= e EU, with Mickey Kantor in the Clinton Administration), and they have only= gotten worse today, with key Democratic constituencies).=20 I have spent a great deal of time on trade issues, and head the firm's inte= rnational trade practice, was selected by the American Lawyer as trade lawy= er of the year, and co-chair, with former EU Ambassador Hugo Paeman, the Tr= ansatlantic Business Council, which we created in the Clinton Administratio= n as the Transatlantic Business Dialogue. I have no client interest, but I do have a strong belief in TPP and TTIP, = which not only create jobs, but will elevate labor and environmental standa= rds. More broadly they are essential to American leadership in Asia, which is ch= allenged by China, and to bind us closer together to our European allies, d= emonstrating the great free market democracies can deliver for their citize= ns, and that this remains the best model for the 21st Century--not China's = autocratic, state-controlled system. These were positions Hillary champione= d as Secretary of State. I was just at an Atlantic Council meeting (I am on their executive committe= e) featuring Secretary of State Kerry, who gave a powerful speech on the ec= onomic and foreign policy benefits of TPP, and the need to obtain fast-trac= k authority (TPA). At a time when the Obama Administration is pushing hard = for TPA, TPP, and TTIP, and when a majority of Democratic Senators on the F= oreign Relations Committee voted in favor of TPA, it sends a discordant and= surprising note for Hillary to appear to sound more like Elizabeth Warren = than Secretary of State Clinton. Obviously, it is important to rally the Democratic base, but there are innu= merable other issues to do this, rather than use trade as a target. With no= major Democratic challenger on her left, I hope her policies would seek th= e middle ground where the general election will be won or lost. There are s= ome issues where it shows leadership to go against the grain of the Democra= tic base, enhancing her overall image. I respectfully submit trade is one o= f those. Best wishes, Stu Eizenstat