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In reply to the discussion: HRC restates her opinion on TPP [View all]Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)Her "position" on TPP is that she's going to make up her mind, with key considerations being whether it addresses currency manipulation and whether it includes ISDS.
That's garbage. We already know, for a fact, based on statements from the Obama Administration, that TPP does not and will not include currency manipulation, and that it does and will include ISDS.
Therefore, she's stated her "position" in support of a fantasy agreement that has no counterpart back here in the real world. She alluded vaguely to generic goals. On the real agreement that will be presented, her "position" is that she favors an agreement that helps American jobs and opposes an agreement that imperils national security. Wow, that's brave.
And, of course, on the TPA, which is now the subject of ferocious politicking on Capitol Hill and where she could actually use her stature to influence the outcome one way or the other, she's absolutely silent. The full text is available online so she doesn't even have the dodge of waiting to see the text.