There are always winners-losers in nations' trade agreements...Take NAFTA, for example - American workers were the losers. Unless I can be convinced TPP is good for American workers, I remain very skeptical.
.. some more views on the TPP is all, to complement Krugman's
"TPP Take Two Paul krugman October 6, 2015 1:35 pm October 6, 2015 1:35 pm I’ve described myself as a lukewarm opponent of the Trans-Pacific Partnership; although I don’t share the intense dislike of many progressives, I’ve seen it as an agreement not really so much about trade as about strengthening intellectual property monopolies and corporate clout in dispute settlement — both arguably bad things, not good, even from an efficiency standpoint. But the WH is telling me that the agreement just reached is significantly different from what we were hearing before, and the angry reaction of industry and Republicans seems to confirm that. "
to which this post is a reply .. the next is an interesting one, actually they all are ..
What the TPP means for a small fuzzy fruit sold in Japanese grocery stores Written by Steve Mollman February 04, 2016 A dozen nations signed the tariff-reducing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact in Auckland, New Zealand yesterday (Feb. 4). For the layperson, the agreement is both staggeringly complex and mind-numbingly dull. And for a diverse array of critics, it’s a bad deal with many flaws. But for kiwifruit growers in New Zealand, it’s sunny news. http://qz.com/609763/what-the-tpp-means-for-a-small-fuzzy-fruit-sold-in-japanese-grocery-stores/
Where in this election campaign Donald Trump obviously sees honesty as a weakness Hillary Clinton clearly sees it as a strength.
Hillary’s Clinton’s biggest problem: She won’t tell progressives what they want to hear
Written by Tim Fernholz January 19, 2016
As the Democratic presidential primary gets tighter (pdf), former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is taking the unusual tack of reminding her party’s core voters that their biggest dreams aren’t necessarily within easy reach.
After Saturday’s Democratic debate, pundits argued that Clinton’s attacks on Sen. Bernie Sanders “reinforced his characterization of her as an establishment politician so desperate she’d say anything to win.” It’s an oft-repeated criticism of Clinton that goes back to 2007, when Hillary was running against Barack Obama, and even has echoes of 1992, when one of Bill Clinton’s rivals labeled him a “pander bear.”
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