The Case Against Ratifying the Trans Pacific Partnership (michaelgeist.ca)

An anonymous reader writes: For the past two and a half months, Canadian law professor Michael Geist has been writing a daily series on the trouble with the Trans Pacific Partnership. The 50 part series wrapped up today with the case against ratifying the TPP. While the focus is on Canadian issues, the series hits on problems that all 12 countries face: unbalanced intellectual property rules, privacy risks, dangers to the Internet and technology, cultural and health regulation, and investor-state settlement rules that could cost countries billions of dollars.

Comments

History as teacher

[some old guy]

After WTO, NAFTA, et al, I'd say its safe to assume that TPP is designed and built to expedite the globalist race to the bottom, to the detriment of everyone but the oligarchs and their bootlickers.

I wasn't aware there was an argument for it..

[Karmashock]

... At least not one that anyone would honestly express outside of the back room and off the record.

The thing is a joke. Trash it and move on.

Small wonder that his was secret until now

[Applehu Akbar]

This article is a Canadian perspective, but it's instructive to see how others see us. The whole point of TPP seems to be to ratify US corporate monopolies that have up to now only been enforced within the US. If TPP is ratified, all of the signatory countries get US-style intellectual property oppression, US-style high pharma prices, and a surveillance state to replaces Internet freedom.

Re:Hillary! followers already covering for her

[Barsteward]

looks like you are not yet old enough to vote anyway