This, then, is the future that the TPP holds out: a kind of Potemkin democracy, in which citizens are free to choose their flags and holidays but cannot afford to enact any laws that might reduce international investors’ profits. Workers’ wages in the US, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and other developed countries would be inexorably competed down toward those of lower-wage trading partners, while developing-country workers would find it increasingly difficult – even in nominal democracies – to improve their standard of living.
于是，这就是TPP带来的未来：波将金（Potemkin）式的民主，公民可以自由选择旗帜和假期，但无法通过可能减少国际投资者利润的法律。美国、加拿大、日本、澳大利亚、新西兰和其他发达国家的工人工资将被竞争无情地打压到这些工资更低的贸易伙伴的水平，而发展中国家劳工将发现改善生活条件变得越来越困难，即使在名义上的民主国家也是如此。