RT @insteconomics: FIRB may scare off Asian investors, says industry http://t.co/Y9f6k4O9UE
Good review of CHN’s reaction, options in face of #TPP, #TTIP (via @tylercowen). Ready for a world of trade blocs?:http://t.co/635ishZz3z
Nice sceptical piece fm @alanbeattie on #TTP as geopolitics. Not sure about “surly”. on.ft.com/1N6LqML
Fascinating. “Does that romance have anything to do with liberalism and liberty?â€::http://t.co/jNzWD8EfEM http://t.co/RVwcsqg4pg
US interests are embedded in the post-1945 settlement, while China wants institutions and arrangements of its own … on.ft.com/1HQ7Ccm
SimonEvenett If #TTIP ever happened, how would other countries react? A new #voxEU ebook is out on Monday. If you want an advance copy then contact me
… But the “weasel clause” (II.11) means it most certainly won’t!
Wouldn’t it be great if II.4 *actually* applied? RT @snlester: Leaked TPP investment chapter, dated Jan 20, 2015: https://t.co/rfbE67iuVu
“A truly ‘ambitious’ [#TTP] would do a lot to improve U.S. international relations, but it would look very different”:http://t.co/VlLioyzihY
CatoTrade Dairy groups want #TPP to limit power of geographical indications: “non-tariff barriers aimed at thwarting imports” prn.to/1LOXyH3
The @rodrikdani philosophy. But trade serves a private interest; govt. enlisted to obscure prices, shares in rewards: http://t.co/MtnQe86EAx
The M S Akman, @SimonEvenett, P Low e-book on #TPIP will launch on @voxeu in the next couple of weeks. I describe an Antipodean perspective.
ozprodcom The Aust Govt has asked us to undertake a public inquiry into the use of charges to determine the intake of migrants. bit.ly/1I336rG
DavidLeyonhjelm As negotiated, Productivity Commission will examine our policy of replacing immigration quota with a tariff, originally proposed by Becker.
My u/grad Eng.Lit. thesis @ USyd lauded GKC’s attack on dystopian lit. ‘sensibility’. Wish I cd. do it over; better::http://t.co/gVn4fqsWUU
Malcolm Fraser felt a patrician’s duty to be an humanitarian. A liberal, he became a socialist. A bully in argument; canny, eccentric. Vale
@dikenson @BarackObama Depressing!
Reason 6: He fears imports… Still! RT @sdonnan: Five reasons to fret about Obama’s trade agenda. Ou@FTFT takeon.ft.com/1BAyWpWn#TPPPP
@dikenson Good grief! I guess it must be, you know, “pornographic” as well as dead.
In AU, at least, voting is a constitutive act even when preferences have a shallow base::wpo.st/XXQ90 (H/T @snlester)
@dikenson @scottlincicome Trading partners don’t care much how you dress it up for Congress. But they DO care abt CHN accession in future.
This #TPP-as-CHN-preemption stuff has gone way too far. Absence of CHN is the biggest deficit in the “partnership”::http://t.co/kloZtrQb3C
✔︔Making Space for China”::http://t.co/8sqwsUMCfl
The watersheds of Tibet are a key location in my 2009 cyber intrigue “Cloud of Lies†(Amazon). Striking images here::https://t.co/dbomMjRwQs
dikenson Bergsten’s right that US shd support China’s AIIB and not subvert it. on.ft.com/1HVOOcn Now if he’d only apply same logic to trade..
Overblown, still…“If Abbott is getting impatient with US arguments about China, then the Americans have a problem.â€:http://t.co/v2gfM86DTv
AU to “accommodate” CHN too? Best option given USA intransigence on IMF quota, governance::http://t.co/PYvJ9vazyP

#TPP advocates, too. RT @kw_watson: RT @Newsweek: Here we go again: bashing China for votes: bit.ly/1FeALPe pic.twitter.com/aIkhRA3Moa
“Accommodation” with China on trade monetary agreements is likely good for everyone. USA should try more of it. on.ft.com/1Mwb0fM
Just look at that first sentence. 7 years on, still clueless! RT @snlester: Ask an Obama adviser a trade question: https://t.co/qrX2JLiNaP
RT @snlester: Is the TPP Necessary as a Response to China? http://t.co/idFJavoRDr via @CatoInstitute
WTO agrmts still somewhat govern the government: a good thing. But RTAs are a fulcrum for rent-seeking leverage::http://t.co/nmhCtCpP7V
These grasping, repressive, political “defamation” actions against press curb speech, indict our parliament & laws::http://t.co/N3RvEblkfu
OK for low-cost miners, great for consumers, RT @ozmining: Iron ore has hit a new low, falling to a six year trough ow.ly/K4X7V
“Is There Anything That Can Be Done About Anti-Dumping?” Extermination would be best. Ridicule better than nothing::http://t.co/2EtWBrPTLn
“If we don’t write the rules of 21st century trade, China will…” A foolish claim by Obama. Not wha#TPPPP is aboutbit.ly/1KktDFShf
Editors of TheAus, apparently chickend out, alas. Dumped the original gem of a lead: “Water friend they have in Gina”:http://t.co/16ed9LIlYp
“[Treasurer] Joe Hockey confirming that Australia is open for businessâ€::http://t.co/bBpQsq0qNS
RT @KevinPGallagher: @pwgallagher weakest argument for #TPP is economic gain, only 0.38 percent of GDP in 2025, says Peterson Institute htt…
RT @ICTSDServices: The New Services Era — Is #GATS up to the Task? http://t.co/KcI4pSDfdl via @ICTSD @E15Initiative
“The Bizarre Priorities of Trans-Pacific Partnership Proponents”. Less competition, not more. From @kw_watson ::http://t.co/r0erMTAOaT
StephenJacobi @pwgallagher This illustrates the point I make at my blog on tradeworks.co.nz
ISDS case in the making? “Such actions are about as bad as you can get in terms of government”::http://t.co/HPdjQPktRI