1. About Britain and current TPP. I agree and fully aware of what you said. Theoretically it is a fair. In reality, there are one side call MNC and the other side call the state. Because VN nearly does not have MNC, they are not fair. Do you see the game? Its like saying "Every Ocean Faring Ship company can sue any ASEAN government" to Lao, and then yeah. Its fair for every ocean going faring ship nations, but Lao has none. You understand my meaning? If the law provided is on favour of MNC to the government, then VN has no MNC company to take adventage of.
Another point is that the "international settlement body" Is it going to be real fair judge?
Your analogy is still not valid...because it is not the MNCs who have the sole power to create the rules over the member states...like how Britain had that power over its subject. Who creates the rules for the TPP? It is the member states, not the MNCs. The MNCs only have whatever the power/rights that are given to them by these negotiating TPP states, which include Vietnam and Malaysia. So your analogy of MNC vs. State being the same as Britainia vs. colonial subjects is not valid.
You could use conspiracy theories arguing it is the US+Japan who are creating the unfair TPP laws on behalf of the MNCs but you would need to provide concrete examples of this, especially how it would be demerital to VN. Plus you all seems to ignore that VN has a voice in the negotiating table, if we don’t like their terms, we could leave the negotiation. This is not the case of Britainia vs. colonial subjects where they have no voice other than to submit to Britain.
So far, I always see people here talks about how the TPP will be bad for VN but have never give any concrete examples. Not to mention most haters here are not informed about VN anyway. For example, the biggest worries, for me personally, is in the pharmaceutical industry...the MNCs in this industry will have a lot more power. But it would mostly affect countries like Australia and NZ who both have relatively very good govt subsidy scheme in their healthcare system. The TPP will change this. But it doesnt matter for VN...like Ive always said before, VN is socialist in name only, and our healtcare system is rubbish, a lot less socialist than Aus/NZ...so TPP will not effect the normal man like it would for people in Aus/NZ.
Now I want to hear from you guys concrete examples of how VN is gona be screwed by the TPP.
2. I don't know who HC is. Perhaps you can tell me somehow. Its to vast to find. If VN fate is to hang with one woman, then something weak is happening. What I read from Niceguy is that VN could pull back and void the TPP if things go out of hands. Do you know that such action would destroy TPP credibility and VN credibility than not joining?
VN fate hangs on one women??? How did you come with this absurd idea? I never said this. As for the clue, you can figure it out if you look deep into VN and find something unique we have that the other TPP states doesn’t possess.
No, its not what NiceGuy previously said about SCS chokepoint etc. No one has mentioned it on this forum yet, including the Viet members, thats the only other clue I will give.
Then why bother watching it when I can watch Niceguy.
BTW when was the clip made? I believe before July when TPP was still alive?
So can you see the clip? If not, then why make a joke about it when you dont know when it was made? fyi, it was made last week, not before July.
You are free to believe it‘s all fair. But the rule was stated that the disputes will be brought up to a special court set up in the US,which means some government policies will be challenged,ruled and even dictated on foreign soil,can’t imagine any country with self respect can accept that.
Think carefully before you speak man. My mom have always told me that.
The court has being proposed to be
located in the US, not
set up and dictated by the US.
The Arbitral Tribunal is located in the Hague, so are you now going to say the Netherlands has special power to dictate its rule on all the other countries? Are you going to say a court is only fair if they are located on neutral territory...so where? On Mars?
Listen carefully, the court are being
set up by all the negotiating states but
located in the US.