Tom Friedman: No TPP and ISIS will prevail, the world will slip into anarchy and China

[Hoyt]

11. I think you've mischaracterized Krugman's comments in his latest wishy washy editorial.

He says thumbs down, then immediately says--

"I don’t think the proposal is likely to be the terrible, worker-destroying pact some progressives assert, but it doesn’t look like a good thing either for the world or for the United States, and you have to wonder why the Obama administration, in particular, would consider devoting any political capital to getting this through."

And, I think Krugman has failed to see the importance of trade alliances vs China and their explotation of labor, the environment, desire to control world trade, etc.

Mostly, I think Krugman decided his earlier position that trade deals like NAFTA haven't been responsible for job loses, and the like, wasn't worth fighting with short-sighted "progressives."

As to Friedman, screw his warmongering.