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Can't say I know an awful lot about these. All you mostly hear is the negaitive stuff you get from the left about TTIP etc.
But what's the general opinion on all these FTA's that American is signing everyone up to?
What's the strategy behind them? Precursor to fair and equal trade and a borderless world, or is it just aimed towards american/corporate dominance?
Tbh I genuinley have no idea, and if given a vote on TTIP tomorrow, I'd firmly be in the don't know camp.
Agreements in place
Australia
Bahrain
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Israel
Jordan
Korea
Mexico
Morocco
Nicaragua
Oman
Panama
Peru
Singapore
Agreements, still in discussions:
Asia-Pacific trade agreement, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) with the European Union.
So any opinions on these? Are they good/bad?
Funny you should ask. I worked for the very Canadian government that signed the first FTA with the US. We fought hard to get it through, yet by the time I left Canada around 15 years later, would have happily seen it repealed.
I think that the whole globalisation movement against which the WTO protesters fought in the early naughties was where the various FTAs were always meant to lead, and in many respects, while I don't doubt that they have had a measurable effect on the economic well-being of millions of people, my instinct tells me that it - in many instances - has been at the cost of our collective soul.
There's plenty of 'negative stuff' pertaining to TTIP regardless of where within the political spectrum one's positioned - I've yet to hear a good word about it aside from those whom we may consider bought and paid for ... That might change though here at NormalcyBiasTrackForum !
Well given that the EU started out as "a trade agreement" I reckon the US are looking at it as a new route to world domination.
I have a degree of healthy scepticism about these agreements, not least as often they seem to turn out somewhat US biased. To have not been part of a signatory group which IS going to include the EU would look quite odd however.
Probably dead in the water since the ruling on "Safe Harbour" or will be shortly.