Friday, July 31, 2015

"Talks for Pacific Trade Deal Stall at a Critical Step."-NYT.

WAIT? WHAT!

I thought this was so done you could stick a fork in it.

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Trade negotiators from the United States and 11 other Pacific nations were headed toward failure Friday, with difficult talks on the largest regional trade agreement ever breaking down over protections for pharmaceutical companies and access to agriculture markets on both sides of the Pacific.

Boy oh boy. Never expected that, did you? Look: with negotiations there's always time. GOD! did we learn that with Iran. But you know, the Iran deal is looking peaked, too. These would be terrible blows to Obama. The Iran deal does blow, this one...I think I was in favor of this one but man, outta sight outta mind, baby. I haven't thought about this recently. Can't even remember the acronyms. Alls I knows is this is a surprise and POTUS is concerned tonight.