Following the controversial NAFTA our loving leaders are trying to pass another free trade agreement. They've decided to keep it a secret though. Where do you stand on this?
TPP
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I know next to nothing about it since it hasn't been in the news over here. This is a proposed trade agreement between the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and several South American and Asian countries on the Pacific rim:
Trans-Pacific Partnership - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The reactions to leaked documents from the TPP negotiations seem to indicate this agreement is not in the best interest of the environment and workers.
Trans-Pacific Partnership - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The reactions to leaked documents from the TPP negotiations seem to indicate this agreement is not in the best interest of the environment and workers.
beancounter
The Fire That Burns Within
It seems to me that foreign governments are very happy with this. I expected the US to be happy with this, but foreign governments are better than the US. Are there threats behind the scenes to get them to oblige? We just simply don't learn from history apparently.
Yes, seems the US have not learned yet how to make foreign countries agree to agreements that are not in their favour ... definitely room for improvement.
