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Trump executive order pulls out of TPP trade deal
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Kill Your Masters
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"No need to read it, just sign right here puppet"
Love it how Pence is again hovering over Trump's shoulder, like dad making sure that his kid nails the assignment.
Outdoor Miner
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China must be thrilled.
Sohter.Nura
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Something else is gonna come along in a year or so, where he will say it was a "better deal" and he will sign it.
This is just so he can say he was against the TPP.
This is just so he can say he was against the TPP.
AntraxSuicide
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Yep. They've just secured economic control over the region with this.
donkey show
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He is already balancing it out;
https://www.apnews.com/2987214f67da...n=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP
One Eyed Willy
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Good
ShaoranWright
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Thank you!
Wag
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It's nice to see Donald cares so much about women...
Don't need to pull out of something that doesn't even exist. Even the negotiations were pretty much dead already.
Also it is pretty pathetic that many people now act like TPP was a good thing just because Trump doesn't like it.
People need to understand that TPP was bad... but what is worse is not presenting an alternative immediately. Otherwise China will fill the void with a deal of their own, which will be worse for us (US) than TPP.
So really 1 step back, 1 step forward, potentially 2 steps back.
So really 1 step back, 1 step forward, potentially 2 steps back.
America
(women) first! Not really, he'll defund Planned Parenthood with regards to abortion, while 'keeping financing for women's health issues' [citation needed].
This is the "mexico city" order than happens every time the parties swap the whitehouse
I have noticed that parties like to play political football with people's lives and health. They must get quite a bit fun out of it in order to keep doing it.
Seriously, team sport politics helps no one
Some people were disaffected last year due to the held trade policy stances of the major candidates. Poligaf had several people who liked TPP. I was particularly lukewarm about it during the election cycle. So this isn't a sudden change of heart for some people.
Edit: sorry replying to the wrong thread.
Isn't it horrifying then that should "we" actually dump Trump, there's a whole other issue to worry about with Mike Pence?
And there it is, banning all women for abortion, he didn't give a damn about that protest.
AntraxSuicide
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I was always in favor of it and still am, not that it matters. The US is certain to get replaced by China now in the region, and economically, they'll probably eclipse us and take the number one spot.
The Last Wizard
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50% of women.
BlastProcessing
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So China and Russia get the first thing on their shopping list.
Gamer @ Heart
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Blind hatred for Trump has made some of you forget the TPP is not a good thing anyway.
What am I saying, 90% didn't know what the fuck TPP entailed
What am I saying, 90% didn't know what the fuck TPP entailed
Captin Quacker
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Provided there an 8 or higher
We'll likely know soon enough once China starts bargaining within the area. I'm not 100% for the TPP but we're basically leaving the table open for another to walk in within Asia. Most likely China.
Since 2016, both Singapore's PM Lee Hsien Loong and Japan's PM, Abe, have both measured it as a sign of confidence and committing to the area. It not passing just assumes we're walking away wholesale for the foreseeable future and creating a vacuum for someone to fill as no one will have the confidence to try and bring the US to the bargaining table again for a long fucking time.
Anyway it's pretty moot now, but we'll likely see something come out of the area we're not involved in soon enough. RCEP is still going iirc without us involved
-tetsuo-
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Break it down for them, then.
I think peoples bigger issue here is "What now?" Even if TPP wasn't that good thing, but removing it without any replacement can't be all that good. More or less US is removing itself from close trade relationships with countries involved in TPP.
I bet 1st tweet was by Trump, but 2nd one was by staffer or Ivanka. So different tones and even sentence structures.
benicillin
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Congress never ratified it so it's mostly symbolic posturing anyway.
This. I can pretty easily imagine it getting replaced with something worse.
Then he'll tweet today saying they're horrible or stupid or some other predictable thin skinned knee jerk retort that is becoming so common. The dude says one thing in the morning, then opposite in the afternoon then at night says he never said either thing. Stop following his tweets like they mean anything at all and watch his actions. Those are speaking far far far louder than his words ever had. Talk is cheap.
Sirpopopop
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It at least had some environmental protections within it to protect against illegal logging, overfishing, & do things like stop the Ivory trade in Malaysia & Vietnam.
In terms of treaties, it probably was the strongest in that area.
I would be surprised if what China proposes is at the same level.
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