"The TPP is not about free trade. It's a corporate coup d'etat--against us!"

[arcane1]

42. Quotes from your link: "It’s far from clear that the T.P.P. is a good idea."

"I am in general a free trader, but I’ll be undismayed and even a bit relieved if the T.P.P. just fades away."


"Is this a good thing from a global point of view? Doubtful."

"Now, the corporations benefiting from enhanced control over intellectual property would often be American. But this doesn’t mean that the T.P.P. is in our national interest. What’s good for Big Pharma is by no means always good for America."


"In short, there isn’t a compelling case for this deal, from either a global or a national point of view."

"the push for T.P.P. seems almost weirdly out of touch with both economic and political reality"



The "No big deal" reference is about what happens if the TPP does NOT pass:

"So don’t cry for T.P.P. If the big trade deal comes to nothing, as seems likely, it will be, well, no big deal."

He sounds awfully unsupportive to me