Trade deal could impact Georgia

The international trade agreement negotiated Monday in Atlanta could profoundly affect industries across Georgia, including producers of milk and poultry, shippers such as the Sandy Springs-based UPS and the Korean car maker Kia, which has a factory in West Georgia. But few details of the blockbuster deal have become public, resulting in widespread speculation as well as strong endorsements and vitriolic condemnation.

Critics blasted the 12-nation pact. Groups on the left and right have called it a giveaway to multinational companies. Labor groups in particular have said the pact resembles the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement, a free trade bill that unions have blamed for decimating American manufacturing and highpaying factory jobs.

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