The TPP was <i>supposed</i> to be the lever that pushed governments that have comparatively weaker worker and environmental protections to higher standards.<p>We won&#x27;t know until we read it in a month, but it sounds like corporations were over-represented in the negotiations and a lot of that leverage has been lost.  If true, that makes the agreement very dangerous.<p>People will argue that the third and second world are better off now than they were but that is a low bar, IMHO.  We need to catapult them to our modern standards.  Workers must be represented more in these negotiations.  We must rethink the &#x27;exploitation is ok as long as it is profitable and legal&#x27; idea that underlies a lot of our policy both at home and between nations.<p>It is not a &#x27;free trade or nothing&#x27; discussion as so many free trade advocates would like to paint it.<p>In short, I think I agree with you but there is a lot of changing of minds that will have to happen to foster support of these ideas.