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CK_John

(10,005 posts) Fri Dec 5, 2014, 10:39 PM Dec 2014

Something to consider about the TPP and being num 2. [View all]

We are a country of about 350 million buyers and we are trying(begging) to let our companies do business in a market of 6 billion buyers.

We don't make hardly anything anymore. So who needs who?

We are not writing the terms of TPP we have been handed the best deal we will get from the asian market to let us do business over there.

Why are we in this position and how will we get out of it, is going to take 30 or so yrs and leadership.

But now we need TPP more that they need us.

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Something to consider about the TPP and being num 2. [View all] CK_John Dec 2014 OP

we are the customer, we should set the terms. too bad management is selling out nt msongs Dec 2014 #1

They sold 1 million bicycles in Beijing last month alone, that's like the whole year for Walmart. CK_John Dec 2014 #2

Who needs who? aspirant Dec 2014 #5

There are very little built products, none on a world scale. CK_John Dec 2014 #7

600 Billion? Um, no. truebluegreen Dec 2014 #3

Your right, the 11 other countries have about 6 Billion of the world population. CK_John Dec 2014 #4

Fuck the TPP, and the McJobs it would leave behind. n/t X_Digger Dec 2014 #6

The TPP is about our whining how they treat their workers, the enviroment, CK_John Dec 2014 #9

Wow, I just read that on DU. Union Scribe Dec 2014 #13

Alan Grayson, who has seen it says nationalize the fed Dec 2014 #8

That is HUGE. Thanks for posting. nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #14

We've been handing over sovereignty for years now. lonestarnot Dec 2014 #15

NONSENSE. GeorgeGist Dec 2014 #10

Because, maybe you need to look at the latest export vs import numbers CK_John Dec 2014 #12

The US has a strong export of things like heavy machinery and chemicals, consumer goods not so much Fumesucker Dec 2014 #11