So, TPP is not going to happen.

[sethnintendo]

palou said:

sethnintendo said:

So we can now view what the trade agreement was going to be?  The whole secrecy is what killed it in the first place for most USA citizens.  I'd have to get a layman's term report of the trade deal because I'm sure they use language in it to describe shit that would make the average person wonder what the fuck they are talking about or trying to agree on.

For the clauses, what I, personnaly, consider to be the worst (note: I suuport it, so it might be different for others), is that US pharmaceutic companies could prevent generics being put on the market for quite some time after its creation (30 years, I think, for drugs? I'm don't remember the exact numbers, but medication stays under copyright laws for quite some time in the US.)

I don't really see any major negative impacts for the US, though, seeing as the deal imposes laws already in application in the US worldwide.

Yea, that sounds like a terrible clause.  I remember hearing something about that awhile back.  Must be another awesome lobbyist effort from big pharma.  I think the main problem with the TPP is that some companies (like Nike) came out and said oh if this thing passes then we will bring jobs back.  Do you think anyone believed that after the last few trade agreements burned American workers for the most part.  It just seemed like an outright lie.