What if the United States fails to ratify TPP?


MY last column on the Trans-Pacific Partnership being caught up in the United States presidential election dynamics (The Star, Aug15) received several responses.

I had raised the possibility that the TPP, already signed by 12 countries, might falter at the last stage of ratification by Congress because the trade agreement has become very unpopular in the US.

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Opinion , Martin Khor , columnist

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