Unemployment, Inequality and Other Risks of the TPP Agreemen

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Trading Down: Unemployment, Inequality and Other Risks of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

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Jeronim Capaldo and Alex Izurieta with Jomo Kwame Sundaram GDAE Working Paper 16-01 January 2016.


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Proponents of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP), the trade and investment treaty recently agreed by the United States and eleven Pacific Rim nations, emphasize the prospective economic benefits, with economic growth increasing due to rising trade and investment. Widely cited projections suggest GDP gains for all countries after ten years, varying from less than half a percentage point in the United States to 13 percent in Vietnam.

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