Re:RCEP, the world’s biggest trade agreement
by pydry on Monday November 16, 2020 @11:08AM
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If the US had used the TPP to demonstrate some actual leadership in, for example, upholding environmental and labor Standards rather than trying to shoehorn ways for US corporations to sue foreign governments for lost profits it might still exist.
As it was it was dictated by US corporations and negotiated in secret and killed by a dedicated lobbying effort by concerned citizens.
As it was it was dictated by US corporations and negotiated in secret and killed by a dedicated lobbying effort by concerned citizens.