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Originally Posted by SebC
Fundamentally, free trade is not about special interests but moreso the common good. I would generally characterize protectionism as putting special interests above the common good and free trade as the opposite. Of course, specific free trade agreements can still be hijacked by special interests.
On the whole, TPP should be a good thing. Whether or not it actually is depends on implementation.
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For sure, but something written by corporate lobbyists behind closed doors and sold as free trade might be an entirely different evil best of a thing