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Remember when the US government successfully formed a partenrship agreement with 13 countries called the TPP that would have been a strong counter to China's gr
by bosswipe 6y ago
Remember when the US government successfully formed a partenrship agreement with 13 countries called the TPP that would have been a strong counter to China's growing influence but Trump threw it in the trash as soon as he got into office. Making us weaker just for political purposes.
- ahartmetz 6y agoTPP seemed like a triumph of corporatism, though. A way to push legislation down our throats that no one wanted except large companies. Trump killed it for petty reasons, but well, "no one except large companies" is a very large group, and Trump and his clientele are part of it.
- bawolff 6y agoIsn't that how international trade agreements work generally? You sacrafice local autonomy and independence in the hope for better economic outcomes.
- ahartmetz 6y agoCheck out #1, #5 and #8 (some of the others are pretty dumb) here and tell me that it's not a win of corporations against the rest of the world: https://inthesetimes.com/article/tpp-free-trade-globalization-obama https://inthesetimes.com/article/tpp-free-trade-globalizatio...