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In reply to the discussion: Why all the hate towards Cornell West? [View all]Egnever
(21,506 posts)However it does affect many of the things nafta did not address and will change the way nafta is implemented.
By that standard it is a renegotiation of nafta.
Like I said one could argue it is a renegotiation. Many of the countries that are signatories to the TPP already have free trade agreements with America. The TPP will consolidate those agreements all under one umbrella with added provisions in place.
As far as justifying Obama I suppose it could be seen that way. Really though I just don't buy all the histrionics surrounding TPP and the more I read on it the less I believe them.
I have no problem with disagreement on that as others are certainly entitled to their opinion However most of the people I have discussed this with so far with strong opinions on it seem to base those opinions on blog posts with little to no real information other than we decided it was bad.
Meanwhile the two major studies I have read on its impact both come to much different conclusions based on economic models going out 15 to 20years