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by m3047 500 days ago
Trump killed the Trans Pacific Partnership.

(This was a surprise to me. I'm grateful that I'm not at risk of being extradited to rot in a chinese prison for reverse engineering some IoT POS.)
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tzs 500 days ago
How would TPP have put you at risk for Chinese prison?
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immibis 500 days ago
Because of the copyright enforcement section of the TPP?
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JumpCrisscross 499 days ago
> Because of the copyright enforcement section of the TPP

The point of TPP was containing China. China wasn't invited. Trump blew it up resulting in a trade bloc designed to exclude China turning into one that excludes us [1].

Trump's voters don't like trade.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_and_Progressive_...

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SR2Z 499 days ago
You are aware that the TPP excluded China BY DESIGN, right?
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duxup 500 days ago
The TPP was meant to economically counterbalance China by working closely with their neighbors.

Without it their incentive was to cut deals to work closer economically with China…

Trump’s isolationist inclinations empowers America’s enemies.

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