Morning Star.png Neoliberals Still Pushing TPP The Morning Star, London, 21 November 2016 Among Pacific countries meeting in Peru on Saturday, some defended free trade deals that US president-elect Donald Trump has vowed to axe. The 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit in Lima heard appeals to save the neoliberal economic model that is increasingly opposed by voters and trade unions. Mr Trump has pledged to scrap the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal signed in New Zealand this year - but not yet ratified by the US Congress - on his first day in office on January 20. He has also said he will renegotiate - or scrap - the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Canada and Mexico that has seen car-makers move production south of the border. See also: https://sputniknews.com/world/201611211047654481-putin-addresses-new-US-regi me-APEC/ And: https://www.rt.com/news/367589-putin-apec-trump-brexit-ttip/ New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said the "tremendous despair" triggered by Mr Trump's policies must not be allowed to slow down economic integration in the world. "Even if the US doesn't want to engage in free trade, president Trump needs to know other countries do," he said. Mr Key claimed it was still possible to salvage the 12-nation TPP by introducing changes that would make it acceptable to the new US administration or agreeing a less ambitious pact between the remaining nations. Speaking to the summit, US President Barack Obama admitted that tensions over the deal are likely under the new Trump administration but urged the 11 nations to push forward with TPP and not assume the worst. He said that once the administration sees how the deals work, "they'll determine that it's actually good both for the US and our trading partners. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto told a forum of business leaders that NAFTA benefited workers and firms on both sides of the border. Chinese President Xi Jinping said the best response to rising protectionism would be for APEC to negotiate a free trade area encompassing the entire Pacific Rim - unlike TPP, which excluded Beijing. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-b81c-Peru-Obama-continues-to-push-TPP-d eal#.WDJmULJ9600 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 14476 (20161120) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/000601d243b3%2476d12270%2464736750%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
