Reactions to the TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

Two reactions to the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement

Lawmaking with Pepper: Tear gas thrown in S. Korea parliament

A South Korean opposition MP has reportedly used tear gas powder against the parliament's deputy speaker in a bid to block ratification of a key trade deal with the US. 

Video footage from Yonhap showed Kim Sung-dong throwing a powder substance towards Chung Eui-hwa. 

The latter was seen wiping his eyes after the incident, while other lawmakers covered their mouths with handkerchiefs. 

Security guards ushered Kim out of the chamber as he shouted in disgust. 

The trade deal between South Korea and the United States was ratified with 151 votes in favor and seven against.

Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership Disaster

Huffington Post,

21 November, 2011

Will America ever learn?

No, I guess not.

After the failed promises of NAFTA, a job-destroying trade deficit that has burgeoned despite a long series of free-trade agreements, and ever-more-aggressive foreign mercantilism, we're plowing ahead with even more of these agreements.

Fresh from passing the Colombia, Korea, and Panama free trade agreements, Obama now wants to move forward to the long-bruited but dormant proposal for a Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Not the man we voted for in 2008, is he?

The proposed agreement would embrace Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam to start. Eventually, its advocates hope, it will include every nation on the Pacific rim, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, Mexico, Russia, and China.

Yes, you read that right. China.

Goes without saying that it's a terrible idea, and I've made a video discussing why.

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