TO AMERICANS WHO OPPOSED THE TPP FROM THE LEFT: The 11 other countries are moving forward, but scrapped labor and environmental protections the US got them to include. Once again, you compared reality to imagined perfection rather than probable alternatives.
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If the point was to "contain" China it was pretty poorly designed, Note the rules of origin are very lax. The country that benefits in that story is China, which will have much of its output re-exported to U.S. with TPP preferences
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Geopolitically, not economically. It's not a tariff scheme. But it did strengthen America's relationships with the 11 PacRim countries, and give the US some influence over regional trading rules. Withdrawing alienated those countries and squandered that influence.
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Our politicians should be able to make pacts that don't threaten the health of tens of millions of people and worsen inequality.
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Haven’t followed this as closely — is it clear that the geopolitical benefits were: (a) large, (b) pretty likely, and (c) only achievable with TPP? Drawbacks seem explicit, certain. Geopol bens seem much less so, & gettable via other means.
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If rest of Asia has incentive to seek closer ties with US as counter to China, those remain & can drive another, better deal.
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