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Subject: Strange bedfellows
Our government is making much of signing on to a new version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. We have not seen the text, so we have much to speculate on. Participants are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. A very strange mixture.
Collectively, they account or about 16.4% of world GDP, 14.4% of exports and 15% of imports. For comparison, the US accounts for about 22.4% of world GDP, 9.6% of exports and 12.4% of imports.
The major TPP players are Japan, Canada, Australia and Mexico in that order. Together, they account for 88% of the TPP GDP, 65% of group exports and 69% of group imports. Japan is the giant of the group accounting for 57% of the TPP GDP, 41% of group exports and 43% of group imports. In comparison, Canada has 17% of the TPP GDP, 25% of group exports and 25% of group imports.
Anyone dreaming that the TPP will offset some of our trade with the US should NAFTA fail is in for a rude shock. Likewise, the alarmists who are screaming that the TPP will make profound changes to the Canadian labour market need to take a Valium and shut up. We are already trading with Japan, Australia and Mexico. Easing trade restrictions will increase intergroup trade over time, but not greatly. There is nothing profound about the TPP despite what we hear from Ottawa.
People forget that every nation in the world is seeking an economic advantage. They all want to produce and export far more than they import. In today�s wild and whacky world, a lot of production is outsourced to nations that provide cheap labour which turn out to be imports of products financed by the importing country. When you figure out the sense in that, let me know.
We are watching the largest trade deal ever made, (the European Union). Every participating nation was going to benefit from common currency, free movement of goods and labour and stability in numbers. The deal is showing signs of serious stress in practice. Some member nations are doing well, others are facing bankruptcy. Central planning and governance is not a universal solution; if it were, democracies would not be changing their governments regularly. Perhaps, one day, the political class will get it right, but don�t hold your breath in anticipation.
John Feldsted
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