Tammy Kim writes:\u00a0 The TPP aims to establish the world\u2019s largest free-trade zone, affecting an estimated 40 percent of global commerce. Japan and the U.S. are the biggest players in this 12-country agreement, nearly a decade in the works, but their citizens still know little of the agreement\u2019s contents. Now, in the U.S.\u00a0a fast-track bill moving through the Senate could accelerate the process for making the TPP binding.<\/p>\n
All this trade talk can seem an impenetrable thicket of arcane economics and alphabet soup. Here we provide answers to some basic questions: Are accords like the TPP still necessary in our Internet-enabled, globalized world? What makes trade more or less free? And what does it all mean for workaday people in the U.S. and the other TPP nations?\u00a0 Trans Pacific Trade Deal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tammy Kim writes:\u00a0 The TPP aims to establish the world\u2019s largest free-trade zone, affecting an estimated 40 percent of global commerce. Japan and the U.S. are the biggest players in this 12-country agreement, nearly a decade in the works, but … Continue reading ![\"Pacific](\"http:\/\/www.w-t-w.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Pacific-Trade-Deal.jpg\")
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