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In reply to the discussion: The Final Leaked TPP Text is All That We Feared [View all]pampango
(24,692 posts)other big sector, rich sector of our economy than any of us could ever imagine.
If it weren't we would know a lot more of the specifics about it."
If that is the case, I will be right with you opposing this. OTOH, if Big Pharma, Big Tobacco and other "Bigs" are as upset by the final text as they are at least pretending to be now, I will take a second look at it.
I don't remember reading that Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, etc. were upset with the interim drafts of the negotiations. I assumed they had "a lot more of the specifics about it" than we did and would have known which direction the negotiations were headed in at the time.
I don't know if their apparent displeasure is real - perhaps they thought that shortcomings in the earlier drafts would be 'fixed' before a final deal or they did complain about it and I just don't read the right sources to know what the "Bigs" are happy and unhappy about. The other possibility, as you point out, is that they really are not unhappy and they and Obama are just yanking our chains with this show of "unhappiness". If that is the case, you and I are on the same page.
I certainly agree with you that we should 'see the final text'. That should clarify whether the Bigs' unhappiness is real or faked.