CAN WE PULLTHE PLUG ONTHE
TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP?

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THETPP IS A HOTTOPIC WITH
VARYING OPINIONS INTHE
U.S.WHILE IT’S NOT
UNCOMMON FOR
CONGRESSTO GET A BIT
WISHY-WASHY WHEN IT
COMESTO GLOBAL POLICIES,
THETPP, IN PARTICULAR, HAS
PROVENTO BE A
CONSIDERABLETHORN IN
THE SIDE.

WHILE DESIGNED WITH THE IDEA OF BALANCING GLOBAL
TRADE AND WRANGLING CHINA INTO THE WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATION, IT’S NOT WITHOUT SOME CONSIDERABLE
FLAWS.
ACCORDING TO NICK FLORKO AT CITIZEN’S GLOBAL TRADE
WATCH, MORE THAN 57,000 U.S. MANUFACTURING
FACILITIES HAVE CLOSED AND FIVE MILLION U.S.
MANUFACTURING JOBS –ONE IN FOUR– WERE LOST.
HE T.P.P. HAS LEFT QUITE A NUMBER OF AMERICANS WITH A
SOUR TASTE IN THEIR MOUTH. MUCH LIKE THE INDUCTION
OF NAFTA, WHICH WAS AIMED TO STABILIZE MEXICO’S
ECONOMY, THE T.P.P. POSES A CONSIDERABLE THREAT TO A
NUMBER OF JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES.

GRIPPINGTOPIC FOR U.S
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

IT'S MY JOB AS A UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM
PENNSYLVANIA TO FIGHT FOR PENNSYLVANIA JOBS.
IN THE DECADE AFTER NAFTA WAS PASSED, 525,094
WORKERS WERE CERTIFIED AS DISPLACED, AND A
2014 STUDY FOUND THAT JOB DISPLACEMENT DUE
TO TRADE LED TO REAL WAGE LOSSES OF 12-17%
1984 THROUGH 2002. THOUSANDS OF
PENNSYLVANIA JOBS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED
OVERSEAS BECAUSE OF UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES
AND OUTSOURCING.
- Pennsylvania Senator, Robert Casey

THE MATTER OF THE
TPP HAS ALSO BEEN
SOMETHING OF A
HOT BUTTON TOPIC
FOR THE U.S.
PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
WHILE TRUMP HAS
OUTRIGHT
TROUNCED THE
PLAN. HOPEFUL,
CLINTON, HAS
CHANGED STANCE
ON THE AGREEMENT
FROM THE PAST, NO
LONGER BELIEVING
IT TO BE IN THE BEST
INTEREST OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.

OCEAN FREIGHT GIANT
MAERSK ASSUMESTHAT NO
MATTER HOWTHE U.S.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
ENDS, IT PROBABLY “WON’T
HAVE AN EFFECT ONTHE
CONTRACTS WE HAVE AND
THE EMPLOYMENT
EXPOSURE WE HAVE INTHE
U.S

NOTURNING BACK NOW

WITH ALL THE FEET
STAMPING AND
SENSE OF
IMPENDING DOOM
WITH THE TPP
LURKING ON THE
HORIZON, THE
QUESTION IS, WHY
NOT JUST PULL THE
PLUG?

FOR STRATEGIC REASONS ALONE, WALKING AWAY
MAY BE A BAD IDEA. CHINA MAY NOT BE IN THE
PACIFIC TRADE DEAL, BUT THE DEAL, TO A LARGE
EXTENT, IS ABOUT CHINA. IF ALLOWING IT INTO THE
W.T.O. WAS ABOUT BRINGING IT INTO THE
RULES-BASED SYSTEM, THE PACIFIC TRADE DEAL
ESTABLISHES A RING OF RULES AROUND IT. IT IS A
GUARANTEE TO CHINA’S NERVOUS NEIGHBORS OF
WASHINGTON’S COMMITMENT TO THE REGION AND
AN EFFORT TO SET STANDARDS FOR ASIA’S
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
- Eduardo Porter, Economic journalists for the NYT

AND TRUE ENOUGH. CHINA HAS RISEN TO BECOME AN
INDUSTRIAL GIANT IN THE GLOBAL MARKETS, BUT TO DATE
HAS MANAGED TO PLAY BY IT’S OWN SET OF RULES.
“IF THE IDEA OF RETRENCHMENT WERE TO TAKE HOLD AND
THE T.P.P.. WERE TO STOP, IT WOULD BE A BLOW TO U.S.
INFLUENCE AND CREDIBILITY MORE BROADLY,” SAID ESWAR
PRASAD, A PROFESSOR OF TRADE POLICY AT CORNELL.
WHILE THEY AREN’T ACTIVELY A PART OF THE T.P.P. WHICH
WOULD HELP TO REGULATE AND LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD,
THE T.P.P. HELPS TO CREATE MORE EQUAL FOOTING FOR
OTHER ASIAN MANUFACTURERS.

OTHER PARTNERSHIPS LURKING
INTHE BACKGROUND

“CHINA IS ENGAGED IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR ANOTHER
AGREEMENT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES
– THE REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC
PARTNERSHIP. ITS MEMBERS ARE THE ASEAN NATIONS,
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, CHINA, JAPAN, KOREA AND
INDIA.
THE UNITED STATES WILL HAVE TO PROCEED CAREFULLY IF
THEY WANT TO AVOID HAVING EGG ON THEIR FACE. AS TO
WHETHER OR NOT THE ORDEAL IS WORTH IT, ONLY TIME
WILL TELL.
SEVEN COUNTRIES HAVE OVERLAPPING MEMBERSHIP.
NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE
ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP HAVE BEEN SLOW.

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