http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/13/u...ainst-house-democrats.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
Ofcourse it's not over yet, the lobbyists will keep lobbying for another vote. We shall see how it turns out. But the irony of democrats torpedoing their own president is....telling to say the least.
I have mixed feelings about the failure of TPA. TPA itself passed, but because of an arcane parliamentary rule, even its passage will be null if TAA is not also passed. Passing TAA undermines the case for TPP--all the efficiency gained through free trade will be undone by the higher taxes that will be imposed to pay the failed businesses/employees compensation. If higher taxes is the price of TPP, no thanks. Besides, the humiliation suffered by Obama is a great bonus.
For empirically superior argument and not thinly veiled protection.....for a start you can read this:
10 reasons TTIP is bad for good food and farming | Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Lots of literature on the subject, you just have to want to look for it and not be spoon fed by me.
You must be kidding. There is zero empirical evidence in that article you sent. It is filled with insinuation, and zero proof. We've been through this before:
Chances of a TPP Agreement by Year’s End Fading | Page 3
This part summarizes the entire problem: "The North American Meat Association, the National Pork Council, the American Meat Institute and other industry lobby groups are pushing the U.S. government to continue pressuring the EU to remove this ban which they contend is “not scientifically justified and inconsistent with international standards.”
Those who oppose TTIP on the basis of standards are a superstitious lot. If we cannot overcome their religious dogma, I would rather not participate. We can continue to regulate based on empirical evidence, while Europeans chant "science, science" and regulate based on superstition.
Escalating Bird-Flu Outbreak Takes Toll on U.S. Poultry Farms - WSJ
Come on man, use brains, if 80% of anything that generates something dies off/stops working, you know something must be terribly wrong. It's not rocket science.
I want you to tell me explicitly, in your own words, what you think the implications of this are. If avian flu is spread by birds dropping excrement as they migrate, then... what, exactly? The scientists aren't sure this is how it's spread, and they are also not sure how the bird droppings get into the "tightly managed poultry houses."
How does this advance your assertion that European standards are superior to American standards, especially since Europe has also been struck by avian flu? Other than superstition, I mean.
Have you considered that your opposition to TTIP is emotional, based on the relentless propaganda you have been fed by the vested interests opposed to free trade in Europe, and not actually based on fact?
