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The resolution should be restoration of reciprocity, like having China Post insist on commercial shippers having customs clearance arranged. Other trade war el
by Zigurd 7y ago
The resolution should be restoration of reciprocity, like having China Post insist on commercial shippers having customs clearance arranged.
Other trade war elements like getting out of TPP and bellicosity in general have cost vastly more than the value of stopping drop-shipping Chinese eBay sellers, which is negligible in US China trade.
- MrMorden 7y agoThe US withdrawing from TPP directly resulted in a vastly-improved treaty. The problem is that the US didn't sign up to the new version.
- Zigurd 7y agoThat's not what I have seen in any description of TPP. It appears that withdrawing from it is pure vandalism of US interests that we now see in the trade war with China, happening outside the framework of TPP.
- MrMorden 7y agoTPP instantly lost the bulk of the intellectual property chapter and a good amount of ISDS-related commitments when the US withdrew. Is there anything in the CPTPP signed version that's worse than the version the US wanted?