before trump we used to do this thing called try to cajole other countries into having labor laws. something the TPP would have helped with, for example. MAGA amirite?

> MAGA amirite?

No, you're not. When was TPP going to involve China, or the UAA? In fact, TPP could just as well be used to avoid other types of punitive tariff. foei also opposed TPP [0], does that mean they are oppose labour-law improvements too?

And why are you so confident TPP would help with labour laws anyway? What said, and what's done across international borders often differs a lot. Blaming Trump as if something was lost is pretending there where ever guarantees of success.

Claiming some complex legislation would "have helped with" poor foreign labour laws while actively benefitting them anyway is pretty weak.

[0] https://www.foei.org/features/tpp-bad-deal-for-people-and-pl...