Stop Calling the TPP A Trade Agreement – It Isn’t

[DanTex]

24. Frantic, what? This doesn't need to get personal, does it?

The word "capital" is used in multiple ways in economics. One is the one you described, which is a factor of production. But when discussing international trade, and particularly "movement of capital", the financial definition is much more common. If you talk to any economist, they will be familiar with the both meanings of "capital". For example "undercapitalized banks" aren't banks that don't have enough office buildings to house their employees, they are banks that don't have enough cash and liquid assets. "Capital controls" are controls on movement of cash and financial instruments, not on the movement of buildings and factories. Etc.

It's a bit surprising that this is the first time you've come across this usage of the term.

And that is the kind of "free trade" that the TTIP is about -- the kind that would strike down environmental regulations as barriers to trade.

This is debatable, but now you've completely changed the subject. The OP wasn't talking about environmental issues, it was claiming that allowing certain manufacturing industries to move production to countries where it is cheaper is not "free trade." Which is plainly false.