The TPP was supposed to be the lever that pushed governments that have comparatively weaker worker and environmental protections to higher standards. We won't

The TPP was supposed to be the lever that pushed governments that have comparatively weaker worker and environmental protections to higher standards. We won't know until we read it in a month, but it sounds like corporations were over-represented in the negotiations and a lot of that leverage has been lost. If true, that makes the agreement very dangerous. People will argue that the third and second world are better off now than they were but that is a low bar, IMHO. We need to catapult them to our modern standards. Workers must be represented more in these negotiations. We must rethink the 'exploitation is ok as long as it is profitable and legal' idea that underlies a lot of our policy both at home and between nations. It is not a 'free trade or nothing' discussion as so many free trade advocates would like to paint it. In short, I think I agree with you but there is a lot of changing of minds that will have to happen to foster support of these ideas.