[lodi90]

Just so people are aware...China is NOT involved with TPP.

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For the moment. It’s assumed they will join once Congressional approval is not needed. That’s the whole point of TPP. It will set up a transnational framework that doesn’t leave beltway fingerprints on decisions like admitting China.

[caww]

Last Month, Brown and Peters Introduced an Amendment to the Senate’s Fast Track Bill that Would Have Required Congressional Approval for Additional Countries Joining TPP....I’m not sure where that stands now if or not included yet.

http://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/following-presidents-remarks-that-china-could-join-tpp-at-a-later-date-brown-and-peters-urge-house-leadership-to-pass-amendment-to-trade-bill-requiring-congressional-approval-of-new-tpp-countries-