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COMMENT ON TPP: Four American labor activists and educators in Vietnam look at the Vietnam Labor Side Agreement

By Helena Worthen, Joe Berry, Leanna Noble and Hollis Stewart (All currently teaching in the Faculty of Labor Relations and Trade Unions, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

The TPP is a trade deal that some people in the US describe as “building a trade wall around China” to contain China’s power in the global market. It will link 12 nations to “sew up” 40% of world trade in one agreement. It is part of a trade strategy that includes two other vast agreements, the TTIP (Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) and TISA, (Trade in Services Agreement).

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