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Has there ever been a trade agreement that was not drafted in secret? I mean that's pretty much the point in these things, lots of horse trading behind closed d

• tremon 10y ago
  Has there ever been a trade agreement that was not drafted in secret? Have there been many trade agreements that were drafted by corporations instead of government representatives?
  • jonknee 10y ago
    Of course the government was involved. Of course corporations were involved (it's trade, completely pointless without corporations!).
    • banach 10y ago
      Trade was a thing for thousands of years before the rise of corporations.
  • dragonwriter 10y ago
    > Have there been many trade agreements that were drafted by corporations instead of government representatives? Pretty much all major trade agreements of the modern era have been largely drafted by corporate lobbyists, so, I guess "yes" is the answer you are looking for. Why do you ask?
• mcv 10y ago
  TPP and TTIP do seem to go quite a bit further than just some agreement about tariffs, though. There are public health issues at stake, and as such, public interest should definitely be involved.