My dears, you are just being paranoid about corporations and the TPP

[DanTex]

27. "except very little in the TPP actually deals with traditional trade issues"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6601781
So what is the point of making that argument? Who cares if it doesn't deal with "traditional trade issues" if "traditional trade issues" aren't actually the things that are hampering trade with the majority of TPP countries?

As far as environmental degredation, the question is whether it will be worse or better without TPP. TPP does contain environmental regulations in it, which if enforced, would actually improve the situation versus the status quo.

Also, most TPP countries are wealthy, meaning this is a different situation than NAFTA. The notable exception is Vietnam, but the big economies in the deal are places like Japan and South Korea. Do you think TPP is going to cause Japan and Korea to pollute more?

Re: Japan, I honestly don't know enough to say exactly how the non-tariff barriers work, I've read that they are strategically designed regulations that intentionally have the effect of greatly increasing costs to importers, but you shouldn't take my word on that. But, I don't think other countries have had much better luck than the US exporting to Japan. I googled up this link, it's from the American Auto Council, so bear that in mind, but unless it is outright lying, only 3.9% of Japan's domestic auto market are imports.

http://americanautocouncil.org/sites/default/files/Japans%2BProtected%2BAuto%2BMarket.pdf