(07-31-2015, 11:15 AM)ookpik Wrote:(07-31-2015, 10:43 AM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: The Trans-Pacific Partnership ... the other four points should be or are moot.1. TPP hasn't been approved let alone enacted yet so we can't know its actual provisions.
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3. And we're assuming that Canada will sign TPP. If for example the election happens before TPP is finalized and the NDP form the next government, TPP may itself be moot for all Canadian companies.
TPP deal not expected in Hawaii; federal campaign looms
Quote:Talks to create a massive Pacific Rim free trade zone went into overtime in Hawaii Friday, raising the possibility that the Conservative government may find itself negotiating a controversial agreement while on the campaign trail.
Sources close to the negotiations played down the prospect of a deal being reached in Maui, saying nations are too far apart on dairy and autos. Canada has been reluctant to significantly open up its heavily protected dairy, poultry and egg markets to more foreign competition and New Zealand, a major milk exporter, has been pushing for far more ambitious concessions from the United States...