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In reply to the discussion: Obama Dismisses Democratic Foes Of Sweeping Trade Pact, Says It Would Level Global Commerce [View all]Novara
(5,817 posts)It sounds like 1) Obama is afraid China will negotiate this sort of monumental trade deal so he's doing to do it before they get the chance to do it, 2) in order to make it happen he has to loosen a shit-ton of regulations that will harm the US. And 3) he somehow believes this may somehow be a fix for NAFTA - to include more nations - but it's actually much WORSE.
There's a lot to be afraid of here, but I'm particularly upset about the environmental fuckups that will result - environmental fuckups with no accountability. Do we really want our air to look like China's? It's hard enough to clean up the environment after disasters, but with global warming in the picture, it will be even more difficult. There will be new chemical reactions and effects no one can currently predict.