Justin Trudeau gets agreement with remaining countries on TPP. He was

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gunning for more protection for workers and the like. Because you can put anything you want in a trade agreement, not just pure capitalist things. Seems the GOP has made a big booboo allowing Trump to take the right wing off the stage in negotiating trade agreements. The world is moving on without them. And agreements will reflect more of a worker bent.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great discussion at the <a href="https://twitter.com/Reuters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Reuters</a> panel on New Avenues for Global Trade <a href="https://twitter.com/Davos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Davos</a>. In the face of rising protectionism, Canada is proud to stand for open trade, while ensuring its benefits are shared by everyone. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WEF18?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WEF18</a> <a href="https://t.co/POvBBokFso">pic.twitter.com/POvBBokFso</a></p>— Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland) <a href="

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[democratisphere]

1. A true world leader.

[True Dough]

2. Workers rights?

That's a completely foreign concept to der fuhrer!

[Tavarious Jackson]

3. It's too bad there were candidates railing against trade...

I'm sad about it. We lost out ad China got propped up.

[Hekate]

4. President Obama tried his damndest, and was shot down from all sides by lies and misconceptions...

The world is indeed moving on -- without America. Fools.

If I sound bitter, it's because I am.

[Fresh_Start]

6. Me too

idiots on both sides with simplistic views resulted in the current situation.

[dreamland]

7. I'm with you, still bitter about this.

Blame all those folks who had no confidence on Obama, particularly Sanders and Warren who railed against it.

[Cicada]

5. TPP more important as political union than as trade agreement

Paul Krugman pointed out TPP was trivial economically, almost rounding error in our giant economy. It’s real importance is forming a political and cultural bond among ourselves and neighbors of China, steering them toward our world and values and away from China. Obama felt our domestic opposition to TPP was misguided. Trump killing TPP in the US was a huge gift to China.

[dreamland]

8. Let's face it, it was handed to China on a silver platter.

We lost out. We couldn't know the details,because we were afraid that China or other countries would cut a better deal. Now we are just giving it away, with China being the first to step in.