tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post7698414849026519036..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: Cut And PasticheMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-14121344814678463012013-09-30T10:07:04.671+09:002013-09-30T10:07:04.671+09:00Thanks for the good links. So the PM has his I am...Thanks for the good links. So the PM has his I am a jelly donut moment in Nueva York. It probably sounded worse than it reads, but does clunk as if he asked who let the dogs out. It is one thing to try to connect "culturally" with part/s of America, it is another to misread totally the political thrust of TPP. <br /><br />Just like the Latin American (not just Cuba) and Mid-East foreign policy formulated (? or formed by the coincidence of interest vectors) by the US of A, TPP is not representative of US national (as in civil)interest. Rather it is a coagulated mess of very narrow specialist inputs that are not decipherable to casual observers (especially as it is secretive process). Those who manage it, or think they manage it, are deluded by the theory and ideal of free trade and do not realize the devil is in the detail. The detail has nothing to do with free trade but all to do with hijacked agenda. The only consolation as the world wakes up to the fait accompli of TPP and its Atlantic twin sibling is that these agreements will equally screw all participating nationals for the benefit of a handful of lawyers, IP rent collectors, and those who cornered their respective markets in the previous decade.<br /><br />YYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com