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wateroverfire
Jul 3, 2010

Helsing posted:

It has very little to do with trade and a lot to do with defending America's rentier capitalists in their quest to squeeze ever last dollar they can out of their intellectual property. Oh, that and some really bad ISDS crap that would give companies the power to sue governments over environmental or labour legislation that potentially cuts into their profits.

It's a weird day when I agree with Helsing.

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wateroverfire
Jul 3, 2010

Broken Machine posted:

I am against it, largely for reasons already mentioned.

I saw this comic the other day, and I think it has a good overview of the topic, as well as the underlying economics of trade.

I'd repost it here but it's fairly long

http://economixcomix.com/home/tpp/

Pro read.

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