IF SUCCESSFUL, THE TPP agreement would eliminate most remaining tariffs on nearly $2 trillion in goods and services exchanged between the United States, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. The TPP negotiations, which in the United States pit international corporations against organized labor, would go far beyond lowering tariffs, with provisions requiring countries to maintain compatible regulatory regimes, facilitate corporate financial transactions, establish copyright and patent protections to govern intellectual property rights and to safeguard foreign investors. nytimes/2014/02/05/opinion/edsall-free-trade-disagreement.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:25:56 +0000
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