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cali

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4. Sorry, but I've been doing more than reading up on it. I've researched it for years

Reply to timlot (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 07:05 AM

Aug 2016

I've been slogging through the entire document since it was released 9 months ago. I read the leaked chapters. I've read commentary, pro and con, ranging from the USTR and Whitehouse.guv to Public Citizen, The Sierra Club, NRDC, Infojustice and much more.

You are wrong. I've written dozens of ops detailing the problems with the TPP. They are extensive. There are no easy fixes for such things as "evergreening" or enforcement of labor and environmental issues.

You want to discuss the issues within the TPP? let's go.

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Why is President Obama pushing the TPP with every ounce of political muscle he possesses? [View all] cali Aug 2016 OP

TPP is about constraining g China, not trade or economics Cicada Aug 2016 #1

What a racist thing to say. Shame on you n/t n2doc Aug 2016 #10

China Culture means culture of current Chinese government Cicada Aug 2016 #19

NAFTA bad, TPP bad. That is how American attention span works. timlot Aug 2016 #2

Sorry, but I've been doing more than reading up on it. I've researched it for years cali Aug 2016 #4

Sure, but Obama likes it. Stubborn Aug 2016 #11

That may well be enough for many people. It is not for me. cali Aug 2016 #13

We have always been at war with Oceania RapSoDee Aug 2016 #3

I've been saying this since, well, forever... TreasonousBastard Aug 2016 #5

I think I have a basic grasp of those intricacies. cali Aug 2016 #8

You will NEVER support the TPP "as written". Such an agreement can never... TreasonousBastard Aug 2016 #9

Melodramatic much? And I've read it and researched it for years cali Aug 2016 #12

Because he wants independent unions and a higher minimum wage in Asia Recursion Aug 2016 #6

I think it's largely geopolitical and the FACTS I posted in the op, support that. cali Aug 2016 #7

Well, yeah, unionized Asian countries would be geopolitical... joshcryer Aug 2016 #17

I trust President Obama. Period. philosslayer Aug 2016 #14

Because he is ideologically a global corporatist. TheKentuckian Aug 2016 #15

Because he believes in it? joshcryer Aug 2016 #16

I think it's largely about China. cali Aug 2016 #18