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Finally a piece of good news in global politics

by _bxg1 8y ago

afrisch 8y ago
The best part is that tree trade is not contradictory with setting standards! > For the first time, the trade agreement includes countries' Paris climate deal commitments. > The text also addresses sustainable development and sets standards for labor, safety, environmental and consumer protection.
- _bxg1 8y ago
  For sure. These days it seems like Canada and mainland Europe are the last bastions of civilization.
  - ApolloFortyNine 8y ago
    This sounds like a bit of a hyperbole no?
sonnyblarney 8y ago
"Finally a piece of good news in global politics" The Americans representing untold numbers of businesses attempts to fairly access Chinese markets without having their IP grabbed and given to a local competitors is much bigger 'good news' than this deal. Businesses large and small around the world have had to put up with this and never say anything publicly about it. The trade negotiations between US and China are long, long overdue, and countless respected individuals are backing it. Quite a number of times on FT podcasts I've heard 'I can't say that I'm a Trump supporter, but addressing these issues is welcome' kind of thing. Even the Democrats are essentially supporting Trump on this [1], which is why there's little political fuss about this in daily news. It looks like some kind of deal will be made, and it will be 'very material' and probably beneficial for both the US and China, but also everyone else. The EU-Japan deal is good, but they are advanced nations without tons of trade. A big deal between the US/EU and the rest of Asia and also South America would be a really nice thing if it had the right terms. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-elections-trade/democrat-led-house-seen-backing-trumps-china-trade-war-scrutinizing-talks-with-allies-idUSKCN1ND1HU https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-elections-trade/democ...
- dang 8y ago
  Can you please not take HN threads on flamewar tangents? This is a major one. The problem is that the few hottest/angriest topics have most of the mass and eventually suck everything else into their field.
devmunchies 8y ago
but bad news for global green politics. Most ecologists would rather limit international trade. (Just floating another point of view out there)
- _bxg1 8y ago
  > For the first time, the trade agreement includes countries' Paris climate deal commitments. > The text also addresses sustainable development and sets standards for labor, safety, environmental and consumer protection.

Finally a piece of good news in global politics

by _bxg1 8y ago

Finally a piece of good news in global politics

The best part is that tree trade is not contradictory with setting standards! > For the first time, the trade agreement includes countries' Paris climate deal commitments. > The text also addresses sustainable development and sets standards for labor, safety, environmental and consumer protection.

_bxg1 8y ago
For sure. These days it seems like Canada and mainland Europe are the last bastions of civilization.
- ApolloFortyNine 8y ago
  This sounds like a bit of a hyperbole no?

sonnyblarney 8y ago

"Finally a piece of good news in global politics" The Americans representing untold numbers of businesses attempts to fairly access Chinese markets without having their IP grabbed and given to a local competitors is much bigger 'good news' than this deal. Businesses large and small around the world have had to put up with this and never say anything publicly about it. The trade negotiations between US and China are long, long overdue, and countless respected individuals are backing it. Quite a number of times on FT podcasts I've heard 'I can't say that I'm a Trump supporter, but addressing these issues is welcome' kind of thing. Even the Democrats are essentially supporting Trump on this [1], which is why there's little political fuss about this in daily news. It looks like some kind of deal will be made, and it will be 'very material' and probably beneficial for both the US and China, but also everyone else. The EU-Japan deal is good, but they are advanced nations without tons of trade. A big deal between the US/EU and the rest of Asia and also South America would be a really nice thing if it had the right terms. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-elections-trade/democrat-led-house-seen-backing-trumps-china-trade-war-scrutinizing-talks-with-allies-idUSKCN1ND1HU https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-elections-trade/democ...

dang 8y ago
Can you please not take HN threads on flamewar tangents? This is a major one. The problem is that the few hottest/angriest topics have most of the mass and eventually suck everything else into their field.

devmunchies 8y ago

but bad news for global green politics. Most ecologists would rather limit international trade. (Just floating another point of view out there)

_bxg1 8y ago
> For the first time, the trade agreement includes countries' Paris climate deal commitments. > The text also addresses sustainable development and sets standards for labor, safety, environmental and consumer protection.