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by thaumasiotes 1565 days ago
> Because quite a lot of people in China think US is organizing an Eastern NATO, to "destabilize" the whole region.

It probably doesn't help that this was a stated goal of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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dragonwriter 1565 days ago
> It probably doesn't help that this was a stated goal of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

No it wasn't, and TPP had no security provisions at all.

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stjohnswarts 1565 days ago
Yeah it's really just a giant trade agreement. The US was an idiot for backing out.
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meowfly 1565 days ago
There were a lot of good reasons to be against the TPP; particularly in regards to IP. The EFF who has been a consistent and well guided voice on this issue was firmly against it[1].

https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp

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