I think the TTP is rather important but to who?
What jobs exactly would this endanger?
A lot of low value manufacturing work is ''owned'' now by China and South Asia.
Walmart workers and hamburger flippers will not lose their jobs. A lot of low value manufacturing work will be done by AI Robotics -- the race is really in the development, design and fabrication of these robotics to replace ''cheap labor''. Technology will replace 40% of the low value manufacturing workers anyway -- those jobs are gone -- get used to it.
Globalizing barrier and tariff-free trade is to the benefit of the new consumers in the information-age world and also in the advantage of the developing world. The industrial developed word has changed. A new Lexus and a cheaper BMW are comparable in quality and Kia is moving in on the lower middle vehicle range (Chevrolet - Ford). Is a Cat excavator that much better of a value than a Hyundai excavator?
If US Aircraft makers can sell duty free to China for example:
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PRC value-added tax and customs tariffs add up to some 22 percent to 25 percent (depending on the aircraft type) when it comes to business jets,
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There is more to be considered on the TTP that some biased youtube videos ...
I think the merits of the proposed agreement deserve full debate -- but a fast track-- yes or no vote is not a real issue -- it's a political soapbox.