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I basically read the entire thing wondering "if the TPP was dead on arrival, why is this thing going to fare any better?" Because they're trying to sell it with

I basically read the entire thing wondering "if the TPP was dead on arrival, why is this thing going to fare any better?" Because they're trying to sell it with almost exactly the same kind of motivations that the TPP was sold with (e.g., trying to contain China). The only thing that hints at an answer is "well, USMCA passed, so this is totally going to fly." Which is stupid because USMCA was essentially a reissuing and rebranding of NAFTA for the temper tantrum president and passed largely because it wasn't changing all that much from NAFTA. There's just no appetite, on either side of the aisle, for any kind of free trade pact right now, no matter how much you try to dress it up as ambitious foreign policy.

incomingpain 3y ago
>The only thing that hints at an answer is "well, USMCA passed, so this is totally going to fly." Which is stupid because USMCA was essentially a reissuing and rebranding of NAFTA for the temper tantrum president and passed largely because it wasn't changing all that much from NAFTA. The USMCA was a huge attack on Canada revoking a ton of benefits that we had been building for decades. Dairy, Automotive/steel, and intellectual property/copyright were huge concessions that Canada lost. To note, Biden's first day executive orders attacked Canada a great deal as well. This has little to do with dem vs republican, both sides are making huge changes to Canada-USA relations. Americas act is probably not going to be effective though, even if the USA passes it.