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"We"? that was more of a DJT thing, he was lambasted for it, the security state wanted TPP. They call stepping away from it a mistake.
by willcipriano 2y ago
"We"? that was more of a DJT thing, he was lambasted for it, the security state wanted TPP. They call stepping away from it a mistake.
- brigadier132 2y agoTPP was a strategy to counter China's growing influence, it wouldn't have benefited them.
- willcipriano 2y agoBeen a lot of high minded "strategy" like that. Hasn't really been working out. I don't think China's influence was growing, ours is just shrinking, you can only lose so many wars to farmers before people stop taking you seriously. Also, I don't how you have a TPP with a country that you don't allow to own a website.
- brigadier132 2y agoI think you are misinformed, China would not have been part of TPP.
- faeriechangling 2y agoAlso a strategy to lengthen copyright/IP terms around the world for the sake of “harmonization”, harmonization meaning raise the terms to what US lobbyists negotiated there. It’s a miracle that the TPP went down in flames. It had great marketing as an anti-China bill but mostly served to enrich a small minority of notorious tax evaders, namely companies that revolve around state granted monopolies to Intellectual Property.