Originally posted on 11/22/2016:

Quote Originally Posted by Optional View Post
I agree. That was the motivation for ordinary people to hate on the TPP. Just tearing it up suddenly is like a gift for China and throws all the diplomatic cards up in the air with a heap of US allies though.
The US is an empire in decline. Half of what is produced in China is by US corporations. These trade deals are what made it possible to sell out the American worker. We don't make much of anything here anymore & the infrastructure is a wreck.

China holds most of the cards as it is. All because of American profit pigs seeking cheap labor.