Massive Pacific Trade Agreement Ignores One Huge Tariff: Currency Manipulation

By David Kestenbaum

The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement has been hashed out line-by-line. All 6,000 pages of it. It will set the rules for roughly one-third of world trade. It has precise requirements for tariffs, quotas and subsidies for all manner of goods. But there’s one huge secret tariff that isn’t included: currency manipulation.

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Source:: http://www.npr.org/2015/11/12/455797475/massive-pacific-trade-agreement-ignores-one-huge-tariff-currency-manipulation?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=business