Orser67
Junior Chimp
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« on: October 13, 2015, 02:05:27 PM » |
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I'm probably going to support it because:
a)The global rules of trade are changing, and I'd rather the US help write the rules and integrate into the world economy than be left out
b)NAFTA helped to open up the Mexican economy and political system, and I hope that the same can happen for countries like Vietnam
c)The TPP would be a powerful counterbalance to China without being an aggressive move in the way that the expansion of NATO arguably was towards Russia
With that said, I do wonder if this deal might economically hurt many Americans, and I'm not necessarily a fan of the dispute resolution mechanisms. But the tobacco carve-out definitely makes it easier to support.
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