The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP) is an agreement that is
meant to help encourage trading amongst certain countries in the Pacific
Rim. It is meant to make sure that those
countries in the Pacific Rim will create foreign trade policies that will help
ensure to make their own country look easiest for corporations to
establish. Although this idea seems to
be appealing as well as an economically clever, it leaves environmental scars
and the exploitation of human labor. Mel
Gurtov heavily criticizes and breaks down the cons of the Trans-Pacific
Partnership in their article “The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Deeply Flawed
Partnership”. Gurtov explains in their
article that the TTP states that it could create thousands of jobs for people,
but what it fails to clarify is that it will create most of the jobs in
different countries (mostly for low-wages).
TPP will also make it more difficult for workers to unionize, especially
since if these jobs are in another country.
In addition, TPP will also damage environmental health and safety
laws. Something that I saw was
interesting was that another point that Gurtov mentions about in their article
are that ultimately, the existence to TPP comes down to China. TPP could be used in a way to allow China to
participate in the trade but without making the rules. This will allow the United States to have
some control over China. So ultimately
the question comes down to this, is TPP about the United States encouraging an
easy trading atmosphere to help enhance the lives of American citizens or are
they just finding a way to control a big power country like China?
Works Cited:
Gurtov, M. "The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Deeply Flawed Partnership" Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, Vol. 13, Issue 20, No. 1,
May 13, 2015.
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