Some participants in the TPP may indeed balk at being required to raise labor or environmental standards; in such case, however, policymakers need to ask whether these countries should get easier access to the US market. Similarly, access to affordable medicines is something other countries desperately need; it is large pharmaceutical companies that are not entirely enthusiastic.
奥巴马政府给出莱文及其同事想要的东西并不难。一些TPP的参与国也许确实不满于被要求提高劳动或环境标准；但是，在这个案例中，决策者需要问一问这些国家是否应该更容易地进入美国市场。类似地，获得平价药物也是其他国家所渴望的；对此不完全热衷的是大制药公司。