Sanders talks TPP on Thom Hartmann Show

R Street Outreach Director Lori Sanders appeared on the July 1, 2015 edition of the Thom Hartmann Show to discuss the role of intellectual property in the pending Trans Pacific Partnership and how the Supreme Court might rule in a pending union-dues case. Fellow panelists include Neil Sroka of Democracy for America and Horace Cooper of the National Center for Public Policy Research.

Watch the full clip below:

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