answer:Yep. All of these “free trade” (investor rights) agreements are negotiated out of the public eye (NAFTA, GATT, NAFTA, TPP, etc. And don’t forget TTIP and the recent leaks from Greenpeace). Even during the NAFTA fight in the 90s, when the Clintons were trying to slip this through, I found it difficult to find people who had even heard of it or understood why progressives, labor, environmentalists, and “the left” were so opposed. It’s important to point out that it’s not conspiracy theory to point out that most of our news sources are just large corporations. In general, corporations are not in the habit of taking actions that will hurt their bottom line. Class, so-called trade agreements, etc are not often discussed unless they are forced upon the media. And even then, the perspective is completely from the owning, corporate class.