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No treaties are negotiated between citizens, and mosttreaties are negotiated in secret. We usually don't hear see intermediate drafts of agreements until well a
by azernik 11y ago
No treaties are negotiated between citizens, and mosttreaties are negotiated in secret. We usually don't hear see intermediate drafts of agreements until well after they've either passed or failed.
This is a good thing. We want negotiators to have freedom to throw out unpopular ideas, and the only part where public scrutiny is important is the actual final text that our governments might sign.
- raquo 11y agoHuge, all-encompassing all-or-nothing deals like the TPP are not good. They're merely easier to negotiate. What's the point of post-factum public scrunity if the deal can not be modified at this point? It's just a farce.
- cromulent 11y agoStraw man. I didn't suggest that the treaty should be between citizens or negotiated publicly, but I rejected the claim that it should only be criticised by citizens as a whole.