Personally i cannot see how Biden Biden support the TPP and run for President as a Democrat? That doesn't make sense to me.
Harold Meyerson @HaroldMeyerson - Biden's TPP dilemma: Bernie and HIllary both opposed; Joe supposedly has more working-class cred but can't oppose it. Won't help candidacy.
Virginia Christensen: He will have to answer why the TPP trade deal that the Obama administration work hard to get Through That takes jobs manipulates money written by corporation and lobbyist and dealing with countries that do human trafficking
When we enter into trade agreements with countries that have extremely low wages, such as China who has an average yearly take home pay of $4,755, we suddenly have millions of jobs shipped overseas. Companies can close up shop in the U.S., forget about labor rights, environmental regulations, and minimum wages, and move to China. In fact, since we helped China enter the World Trade Organization in 2001, we have lost 3.2 million jobs to them.
The same thing occurred in 1994 with the North American Free Trade Agreement. Auto manufacturers went south to Mexico because they preferred paying workers less than $4 to $8 an hour instead of the average $48 to $57 an hour in the U.S. A total of 5 million jobs have been lost since NAFTA, jobs that could’ve supported American families, college graduates, newly weds, new parents, or individuals looking to get ahead. Instead, they are gone.
Crooks and Liars: Can Biden Run For President With TPP Around His Neck?
Vice President Joe Biden is considering a run for president. But Biden is currently working behind the scenes to push the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which most (if not all) core Democratic-aligned groups will likely oppose. Can Biden run for president as a Democrat after pushing TPP on us?.....
Biden Lining Up With Republicans, Wall Street And Corporate America Against Democrats, Labor And Progressives
Some of the groups that lined up in favor of Fast Track and are almost certain to support TPP: (This is the side Joe Biden is standing on.)>
● Republicans in the House and Senate.
● Wall Street.
● Giant multinational corporations.
● Billionaires and CEOs.
● The Chamber of Commerce, Business Roundtable and other corporate lobbying organizations representing giant corporations against the rest of us.
● Right-wing "free market" outfits like Cato Institute (formerly named the Koch Foundation).
There was a large coalition organized against Fast Track and likely to oppose TPP (and Biden):
● Most Democrats in the House and Senate.
● All of organized labor -- every labor union in the US opposed Fast Track and are likely to oppose TPP - and Biden.
● Almost every identifiable progressive-aligned organization, including:
● Human rights groups, and anti-slavery/trafficking activists,
● Environmental groups,
● LGBT groups,
● Faith groups,
● Consumer groups,
● Food-safety groups, and many, many others aligned with causes progressives, labor and public-interest groups feel are important.