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united states is negotiating the transpacific partnership, with 11 nations, including brunei. what is your organization doing to take -- make its voice heard? guest: that is what we are trying to do. that is why i wrote the editorial. but also, we are working very hard with the gay and lesbian movement, and with labor -- labor organizations. it is really an outrage that the introduced a very restrictive pinnacle to women. and they are getting oil with it. -- getting away with it. the way the trade agreement goes that -- is that anybody in it, their products will be considered as american products, even if they have her read this violations on human rights. and when i does have tremendous violations. -- brunei does have tremendous violations. we pulled our event from the beverly hills hotel, which is owned by the sultan of brunei. we are trying to wake up people that these trade agreements sometimes i would countries that are just violating human rights. and we should have higher standards. as i say, trade cannot trump, you know, basic human rights and the rights of women. they will