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In reply to the discussion: If you could vote on TPP for America like UK voted on Brexit, how would YOU vote? [View all]Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)25. NO. n/t
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If you could vote on TPP for America like UK voted on Brexit, how would YOU vote? [View all]
nikto
Jun 2016
OP
Speaking of Indonesia, FDR weighed in on it (well on the island of Java actually):
pampango
Jul 2016
#141
Yes. TPP (like the EU is far from perfect) but it is better than sticking with NAFTA and the WTO,
pampango
Jun 2016
#9
I value human rights, labor rights and the environment over the sovereignty of the nation-state
pampango
Jun 2016
#66
"TPP is worse than the WTO and NAFTA with respect to human rights, labor rights and the environment"
Chan790
Jun 2016
#68
"It's rare that the extreme right is right about anything...but they're dead-on FTA's."
pampango
Jun 2016
#78
You can count me as a proponent of withdrawal from NAFTA and destruction of the WTO, TYVM. n/t
Chan790
Jun 2016
#90
"Obama warned that pulling out of trade deals "is the wrong medicine for dealing with inequality."
pampango
Jul 2016
#163
I do, and your terminology suggests you don't, but just read hysterical articles on the Internet
Recursion
Jun 2016
#50
IT's YOU!! Finally, I have found someone who understands the "loss of soverignty" aspect of TPP
nikto
Jun 2016
#55
Tariffs are nationalistic bullshit that will only prop up businesses that can't compete
YoungDemCA
Jun 2016
#75
Protectionist policies are a godsend to business interests and terrible for consumers
YoungDemCA
Jun 2016
#81
Fine...can we at-least concede that they're opposite arms of the pendulum swing...
Chan790
Jun 2016
#91
Important Info for those who are (some perhaps willfully?) blind on Globalization
nikto
Jun 2016
#16
it is basically what happened under the wto - remember how the US passed that
hollysmom
Jun 2016
#53
Murder capitalism? Forget neo-liberalism, it's all the neo-communists running around
ConservativeDemocrat
Jun 2016
#120
I would hope that teh TPP would actually be released for study before we voted on it.
Starry Messenger
Jun 2016
#20
As a Californian, I am sick of referendums on the ballot. We elect people to do a job--do it!
Hekate
Jun 2016
#46
I'd much rather prefer it if China writes the rules of international trade than the US
YoungDemCA
Jun 2016
#70
pretty damn close to reality, there. the only good corporation is a........one.
Gabi Hayes
Jun 2016
#95
I mean, I see the interest in the question. Just curious- why did you not just make it a poll? nt
silvershadow
Jul 2016
#126
This changed my mind on Brexit--Here's the best explanation of Brexit I've heard yet (Audio)
nikto
Jul 2016
#136
Voting for Brexit and a hypothetical about the TPP is no different from implying...
randome
Jul 2016
#142
FDR: Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism ..., may obstruct the path to
pampango
Jul 2016
#144
Perfectionism is like Trump tearing up every agreement that doesn't make us masters of the world.
randome
Jul 2016
#145
New powers? Like the ISDS? There have been arbitration courts for over 50 years now.
randome
Jul 2016
#153
The Corporate Devil's Dictionary Definition of, "Perfectionism" (as used by Centrist Democrats)
nikto
Jul 2016
#152