Free trade is still a good deal.
This isn't the original article I was thinking of but it is recent and hits all the same highlights so I suspect the source is the same. While the TPP is in limbo, Canada has signed an agreement with Chile. South American countries are past the swing right and into rebuilding mode. To build economic ties now would facilitate technology transfer for energy self-sufficiency and better labour practices.
I always had an (uninformed) impression with the TPP, that a lot of the provisions were to prevent the signatory countries from adopting US stances towards health care and education. That is, off load those expenses to the employer.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2017/03/05/2003666153
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Very little of the TPP was even about trade in the classical sense (elimination of tariffs, quotas and protectionist price supports). The bulk of the chapters were about things like reducing regulatory barriers, extending IP protections at the expense of the public domain, and giving multinationals an unaccountable venue to challenge the sovereignty of nations and localities.
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