You're getting two different sets of documents confused.
The negotiating documents --- the early drafts of the treaty, which are not binding --- are certainly not public. They are closely guarded secrets; that secrecy exists to protect the "integrity" of the negotiating process, for a very narrow definition of "integrity" that mostly means "minimized direct lobbying".
But the treaties themselves have to be ratified to become binding law. They are published, for public review, before that happens.
Wikileaks is effectively asking for people to leak the negotiating documents.
My understanding is that after the treaty is negotiated, the parliaments can just vote "yes" or "no" for the "whole package" (with the pressure to yes, as in "hey we've spent years to negotiate it!").
That is correct. Legislatures do not get line-item veto over trade agreements.
The agreement itself is public, usually for several months, prior to that vote.
I'm not sure why I'm meant to care about the "pressure" legislators feel to vote one way or the other on the acts. That's their job. They begged to have that job. They don't get to make excuses.
He is not the only person that claims that. In order to become law, the TTIP would have to be ratified by the Senate in the US and the EU Council of Ministers and EU Parliament in the EU. At the time it comes up for ratification it becomes public and is debated.
While it's being negotiated it's not public. I have no problem with that, any more than I have a problem with the authors of legislation drafting a bill in private before submitting it to the legislature for consideration, or the cabinet discussions of a government being private until a policy is settled upon and presented to the public.
The problem comes into play when treaties and laws are negotiated in private committees and then foisted upon the general legislative bodies with very little time for debate or review.
Creating opposition takes time and by not allowing that time, the whole process becomes distinctly less democratic.
"After a proposed draft was leaked in March 2014,[5] the European Commission launched a public consultation on a limited set of clauses and in January 2015 published parts of an overview.[6]"
Otherwise you would already earn 100000 EUR from Wikileaks by posting that link?
Really? Only you claim that. Can you post the link please?