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> The bigger criticism I heard about the TPP was extending America's Intellectual Property laws even further across the globe. The IP issues were the big criti
by ajdlinux 7y ago
> The bigger criticism I heard about the TPP was extending America's Intellectual Property laws even further across the globe.
The IP issues were the big criticism within the tech community, because we care a lot about IP laws, but AFAICT not the big issue for unions, left-wing orgs, right-wing populists, etc who were much, much more concerned about tariffs, workers rights, etc and had barely anything to say about IP.
- eru 7y agoGood points. I was also reading economists' opinions. Though as you can guess, they are quite in favour of lowering tariffs.