The NHS is one of our greatest assets and we cannot afford to lose it.

Also, what happens to our sovereignty as a state? The Tories are all in favour of negotiating national sovereignty with the EU, but what's the use of that if we sell the nation and its freedoms to global corporations.

Everyone is up in arms against it, except for maybe 0.1 % and their lobbyists. Why is this thing even still on the table?

Some of them are vocally against it, but in the only way Wall St cares or can hear, they are all for it.

For most of the world the why and what is hidden. In America the who is only hinted at. You can rest assured anything advocated by American Republicans is devoid of benefit to the public welfare. It is possible our cousins in the UK have a clue.

No one wants a world wide Oligarchy.

Except, of course, the would-be World Oligarchs.

some restrictions on banking secrets. (The way Luxemburg was reformed recently.)

Then with transparency on the banking accounts, we could start taxing those would-be oligarchs?

When they start getting some pressure they tend to freeze up and have to wait until their term is up to finally deliver.

by making themselves totally irrelevent, they'll no longer be saleable.

Would lobbyist get retraining money for a new career?

for new careers as slimeballs.

For Americans, the "pro" side is:

* Shirts will be somewhat cheaper at Walmart
* Heavy manufacturing, agriculture, and software will all see export increases (good on the whole for "the economy" in an abstract sense, but these sectors don't employ very many people)
* There will be marginally less outsourcing to India, China, and Bangladesh which have literally no rules, in favor of TPP partners with merely "very few" rules.

That said, the choice between TPP and no TPP isn't between keeping jobs and losing jobs. The jobs are going either way; this is an attempt to keep some of them out of Chindiadesh.

You might want to read the thread.

Your response didn't speak to the subject. In the least. It was canned air.

Thanks for your advice, though!

I see how that could get confusing

I can see why the topic of the OP is unappealing for you.

BTW, have you been able to "imagine" someone owning a home in the US, yet? I know you were having trouble with this the other day, and I wanted to know if I could help in any way.

China had been subsidising Western public debt for a while now and blocs like TTIP and TTP are an attempt to make that harder for them, which should lower the renminbi somewhat. What that will do for western debt yields will be interesting to see.