@ISIDEWITHQuestionseconomyStarted 10yrs agoActive 1mo ago

Do you support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)?

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a trade deal that would make it easier for American companies to sell their goods and services in Pacific Rim countries. The deal will benefit American service companies who will be able to open up operations in Asian and South American countries. Opponents argue that this bill will incentivize US companies to move service and manufacturing jobs overseas. Proponents argue that it would make American companies more successful at selling their goods and services in Pacific Rim countries, leading to a stronger economy, more jobs and higher incomes for American workers.

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36%
Yes
64%
No
31%
Yes
42%
No
5%
Yes, it will bring economic growth to all countries involved
11%
No, there are too many hidden provisions in this specific agreement
10%
No, this will incentivize companies to move jobs out of the country

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 @9FJRLJ6 from North Carolina  answered…2yrs2Y

Not until it’s renegotiated to better protect workers and the environment

 @8JCJLWV from Texas  answered…4yrs4Y

Regardless, much more care needs to be taken with intellectual property internationally.

 @B3GDS3V from Arkansas  answered…1mo1MO

We should stay in the TPP but enforce strict control over companies that ship jobs overseas to those nations or move their HQs to areas with less taxes

 @B2XMXJ3 from Illinois  answered…2mos2MO

I want to say yes, but it seems like this is only trying to tell us all the good things that can happen and none of the bad. So No

 @B23R6DC from California  answered…4mos4MO

Yes, as long as the partnership has been throughly assessed and provides protections to workers and the environment.

 @9YDWP6J from Alabama  answered…5mos5MO

Everyone should have their own choice I. The matter who they love or want to be shouldn’t be anyone else’s opinion

 @LawsAreBad from New York  answered…2yrs2Y

No, adopt a unilateral free trade policy instead

 @9FBSFGR from Nevada  answered…2yrs2Y

didnt understand

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