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Is TPP about jobs – or China?

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageJohn Kerry talks trade with workers at Boeing POOL New/ Reuters

Washington is in the midst of a heated debate over President Obama’s proposed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement.

It certainly has created some unorthodox political bedfellows.

The president is widely supported in this initiative by Republicans. He is opposed by large...

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