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In reply to the discussion: Pres. Obama tells Dems, on TTP: "Get informed, not by reading the Huffington Post" [View all]fadedrose
(10,044 posts)I just can't accept that the President would do anything to hurt people in this country. He can't blurt out what he's doing because all countries haven't agreed or haven't signed up yet, nor have they asked to be.
I think he wants them all to be part of TPP all at the same time, and this is only my thinking, that every country that comes on board at the same time is a charter member, so that the first to sign up can't run the program. Lots of organizations work this way with charter members deciding everything, and maybe Obama can't sell it without getting rid of this problem.
United Nations is different in that there are fifteen nations with more voting power than the other countries. TPP would have to do a lot better if the smaller and poorer countries are to be members. Just my thoughts here about why the details aren't known to everyone yet.