Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal

Re:Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal by dnprock on Friday November 11, 2016 @04:20PM (#12934445)

I think abandoning TPP is a mistake. TPP is for curbing China influence. I think many Americans underestimate China. They are a lot more powerful than they show.

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Re:Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal by venomsnake on Friday November 11, 2016 @04:24PM (#12934500)

And why should USA curb china?

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Re:Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal by dnprock on Friday November 11, 2016 @04:49PM (#12934776)

They're eating our lunch. If you think China is a nice guy and compete fairly, you are wrong. China is dominating Asia, pulling away American allies, spreading its economic influence, fast. If we are ok, then we don't have to do anything.

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Re:Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal by chillacy on Friday November 11, 2016 @05:34PM (#12935122)

That didn't seem to happen with the USSR, and that sentiment was very popular during the Cold War.

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Re:Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal by drnex on Friday November 11, 2016 @04:53PM (#12934808)

This is a very important question.

If you guys wanna be better than China, please do it, by being better yourselves, not by making your competitors worse.

That attitude is improper, specially for the most powerful country.

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Re:Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal by venomsnake on Friday November 11, 2016 @05:11PM (#12934951)

Dunno - I think that spheres of influence concept is extremely proper for the upcoming multipolar world.

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Re:Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal by notfromhere on Friday November 11, 2016 @04:40PM (#12934663)

Because they're not going to always be interested in living under American hegemony.

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Re:Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal by AtheistOfFail on Friday November 11, 2016 @04:46PM (#12934749)

Then we go to war. It's good for business.

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Re:Obama Administration Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal by sickbeard on Friday November 11, 2016 @04:45PM (#12934733)

because they are competing?

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