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If a from-scratch refactor is what the TPP needs, then nixing it is the first step...

• ocschwar 10y ago
  That's assuming the other parties to the negotiation will be cool with it. We have a president who doesn't seem to understand we don't get to dictate terms to other countries.
  • jdmichal 10y ago
    > ... we don't get to dictate terms to other countries. Of course not; it's a negotiation. And power plays are a very legitimate tactic to use during a negotiation. And the US happens to have a large amount of both economic and militaristic power.
    • ocschwar 10y ago
      And using it in this particular fashion is poor form if your intent is to secure another nation's commitment to send their soldiers and sailors to die alongside yours.
      • jdmichal 10y ago
        In what particular fashion is that? Nixing a deal you don't agree with? That's just a failure of negotiation, not a power play.