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Australia Leads Charge to Revive TPP While Canada Abstains

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday November 14 2017, @04:56AM   
from the nobody-else-will-look-out-for-you dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

In Da Nang Vietnam, Australia and 10 other countries have tried to revive the TPP without the US.

Even though the analysis of the TPP has shown that the so called 'free trade agreement' has only minimal benefits and many drawbacks for developed nations the Australian Prime Minister is still set on having the agreement ratified. The Australian Prime Minister may be trying to push through the TPP before his government collapses due to the citizenship audit which is rapidly culling members of his party which could result in his party losing power in parliament. With the majority of the Australian public being against the TPP and with Malcolm Turnbull facing an election soon the reasons for this move to try to ratify the TPP is unknown.

If this trade agreement is accepted it will be the last in a series of detrimental trade agreements where Australia is on the wrong end of the stick. With Australia still reeling from the impact of the terrible China-Australia Free Trade Agreement the move to try to bring in another bad trade agreement may spell the end of the liberal government's long run in parliament.

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• missing the obvious missing the obvious (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @03:39PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @03:39PM (#596828)

  Hitler demonized the Jews, blaming them for pretty much everything. Jews were the target of the day.

  Today's left likes to blame the white males. Merely posting "It's OK to be white" on college campuses has caused the left to freak out pretty well. The left employs a "progressive stack" instead of equality; they have to have a villain to blame.

  The rest of the politics mostly match up too. The only difference is perhaps the choice of globalism over nationalism.

  Like today's left, Hitler had a fondness for Islam. You can find Korans with swastikas on the cover.

  Like today's left, Hitler was into social programs. He made workers join a union. He exerted government control over industry.

  The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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• Re:missing the obvious (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday November 14 2017, @10:41PM

  by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday November 14 2017, @10:41PM (#597027)

  So much historical revisionism in this post I don't even know where to start.

  Possibly the stupidest thing is that there is a "left" in US politics.

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