TPP Passage Will Guarantee 3rd World Wages In US. American Workers Will Not Be Able To Compete.

[paleotn]

50. Then all this administration has to do is.....

....state unequivocally that the TPP, as presented to Congress since it's very doubtful the Republicans will give Obama fast track, does not include any such provisions. Simple and done. I'm waiting to hear just that. So far not a damn word so far as I know. If said provisions are in the trade deal, the fact that raw shrimp must be labeled in the US with the country of origin could be considered an unfair trade practice, since arguably it gives domestic US shrimp producers an unfair advantage over shrimp farming operations in Vietnam. In this case, rulings from the TPP regulatory structure would take president over federal or state law. I personally avoid imported shrimp like the plague. Under TPP, I may not be able to tell the difference.

As for your second point, NAFTA and GATT (WTO) have nearly destroyed this country's industrial base. Also, we don't play by the same rules as everyone else, ie. unlike Germany and others we have no national industrial policy other than to allow our US based multi-nationals to freely drive production always to the lowest cost countries for import into the US...American workers, our middle class and the prosperity of most Americans be damned. Ironically, it's cheap, subsidized corn from the US that has destroyed small maize farmers in Mexico, sending many to the US as undocumenteds seeking work. NAFTA is just wonderful, isn't it? Well, it's wonderful for a small few.

Wouldn't it be better if the Obama administration just came clean on what provisions are actually in TPP? But then again, maybe you profit from such trade mishaps. I hope your just under the siren song of "free trade" or OCDNW (Obama can do no wrong) syndrome instead.