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I can see a lot of reasons for the US to negotiate a trade treaty specifically with the EU, but both treaties seem to cover a lot of the same ground. And the US

by TillE 11y ago

I can see a lot of reasons for the US to negotiate a trade treaty specifically with the EU, but both treaties seem to cover a lot of the same ground. And the US has to comply with both, which presumably means that they have to be mostly identical where they do overlap. The whole thing is a bit strange.

pbhjpbhj 11y ago
Presumably the USA ['s most rich business owners] can get different things out of each, they'll be able to diddle the Pacific countries out of some things that wouldn't wash in Europe and vice-versa - why would they limit themselves to the benefits they could accrue from all nations. Also if they can get various regulations passed that wouldn't pass in the other region later it may be possible to push those same regulations to the other region based on standardisation.