This post is made as simple as possible so that more may understand:-

APEC - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation.

The recently concluded APEC forum focusses on many issues affecting trade in the asia pacific region, that comprises of USA, Asian states and any other nations in the world that wishes to tap into the wealth of resources and human capital with a market of billion humans.

It currently adopts a Free trade Pact - Trans Pacific Pact, initiated by USA - a new 'Free trade' pact for countries in APEC. This document is more realistic that other corporatists led 'free trade pacts', for at least, 'Fair trade' is more heavily emphasis. The more critical areas, amongst many are:-

1. Tariffs. - An example:- If japan can sell thin shelled cheap low powered energy efficient cars to USA, then USA should be allowed to sell its better managed and tech advanced agricultural products tarriff free to Japan, which had protected its ancient and resource inefficient agricultural sector.

It is only fair. It is matter of saving our planet's resources and using it more efficiently and at the same time creates more jobs for all.

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2. Intellectual Property Rights:- Very often, such rights had been violated by other nations in other 'free trade' pacts and go unpunished. As such, billions of taxpayers fund that went into R&D to create a quality product become a cheap low quality copy in other nations.

The TPP closes up such loopholes, and those rights must be respected, or get booted out and get crippling tarriffs.

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3. Labour Protection:- While still being discussed and formalised, it attempts to address the issue of welfare for workers with sustainable wages, regardless if forieign companies in operation or State Owned Enterprises. As cheaper labour often translates into higher profits to Corporations and SOE, other nations find themselves getting the raw end of the stick. It produces imbalances and chaos within countries, as well as cheap products as cutting corners become the rule.

This is something new which was not present in other supposedly 'Free trade' pacts, but a vital one to ensure a level playing field amongst nations that sought for economic cooperation.

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When a FAIR level playing field is adopted by all, it will only bring prosperity to all, because trade investments will have to fully adhere to regulations within a capitalistic free market economy determined by society, and not just by the rich elites alone, as the chaos and every other free trade pacts had provened that led us to our worldwide suffering, materially, socially, economically, and environmentally.

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APEC may not be the best solution out of our predicament, but it is the best current solution out of our chaos today, which is why rationally and fair minded nations are seeking to join such as Canada and Mexico. China is not in, only blustering away and refusing to acknowledge their own faults

EU

The failure of EU states seeking bailouts for its crony bankers at the expense of austerity upon citizens lays not in lack of funds, but in its lack to provide opportunites and jobs to citizens once austerity measures takes place.

Citizens too understand the need to keep banks healthy, espacially when those funds there belong to them. If the bank goes bankrupt, along with it their wealth too. Citizens do not want that to happen unless there is no choice.

But there is a choice. End further loans, go for austerity, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, target and bring in foreign investors into manufacturing and service sectors thereby creating jobs, NOT BY BUYING STOCKS OR LOANS TO BANKS. Enough of giving blank cheques to policians tempted by greed and power whom will only misuse it.

The EU can still be saved, however it will need massive amount of funds. But truth is, there are PLENTY of wealthy folks around, even local citizens, whom had hoarded their wealth, and are only waiting for good opportunity to invest it, rationally, and can be convinced that stock exchanges are but rigged casinos and more dangerous than the real economy.

May the EU leaders for once do the right thing, or it will be the end of Europe.

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China

Currently China's CCP gov is the bad boy of our economic world. It protects its own industries, and yet dump its toxic junks onto other nations. It land grabs unconscionably, keeps its citizens working in State Owned Enterprises, local and foreign corrupted corporatists factories, in poverty, working long hours to earn a living with no social welfare. Even their own citizens are protesting and rioting against it now. 180,000 protests in China this year and rising.

It attracts MNC's, but will not hesitate to copy its intellectual property, and from an adjourning factory, produces and sell copies cheaper by the dozen.

It manipulates its currencies, so that its exports will always be cheap, but imports expensive. It is also smart in that whatever resources it needs, it buys up cheaply from pathetically poor nations around the world, robbing the citizens there blind.

It can certainly yell for 'free trade' and 'tariff free', simply because they will accept no rule of law except theirs. Anyone who complains get to see their flexed military 2 million strong muscles. The heavily corrupted CCP is neither fair nor free.

Time someone internally or externally tell them off to wake up, acknowledge their faults, change and behave, We are all one species, can share this world, but not by beggaring thy neighbours.

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You.

You are the most critically element to end the chaos in our world. May you choose wisely, for alone you may be powerless, but when combined with me and everyone else, we are the true superpower to be reckoned with. Action is critical now, for billions need to be fed today and into the future, and jobs through ethical and regulated trade/investments is the only solution.

May you, on your own free will, choose wisely your support.

Originally posted by SeekerofTruth101
1. Tariffs. - An example:- If japan can sell thin shelled cheap low powered energy efficient cars to USA, then USA should be allowed to sell its better managed and tech advanced agricultural products tarriff free to Japan, which had protected its ancient and resource inefficient agricultural sector.

Oh, great. More Jew-netically modified franken foods from the land of the Fatass.

And have you seen how Japanese farmers plant rice and move wasabe up the mountains? When it comes to engineering, Japan has no equal. Except, of course, Germany.

Originally posted by SeekerofTruth101
It land grabs unconscionably, keeps its citizens working in State Owned Enterprises, local and foreign corrupted corporatists factories, in poverty, working long hours to earn a living with no social welfare. Even their own citizens are protesting and rioting against it now. 180,000 protests in China this year and rising.

They can protest all they want. That'll only expedite the shifting of manufacturing jobs to Vietnam, Bangladesh, etc. Get back to work, slaves! Or starve!.

Nov 19 2011

APEC.

As the dust settles, investments from the private sector in resource and financially rich asia will lead and be part of US' economic recovery. Rich Indonesia's Lion airways had ordered 200+ reliable Boeing 737, to be delivered over the next few years. It would mean more than 100,000 jobs for quality american Boeing workers across several states. It is no small deal or figure.

It would mean 100,000+ MONTHLY paychecks to be circulated within the economy for years, enriching and creating more adjacent jobs to meet the needs of such workers in daily living. It will also create jobs for the indonesians in the aircraft industry = from mechanics to stewardesses, to service such crafts. A mutually fair exchange of trade.

And that's just one deal. Many more on the way as America made the right decision to look east, focussing on job creation instead of being deadlock into solving bankers issues May more investors from BOTH East and West nations join APEC, do the same for both sides - fair trade that leaves none behind. Mankind still have very much needs, with resources still waiting to be tapped advancely.

A recession may not be avoidable as congress is hell bent on killing americans with austerity drives, but the private sector jobs focus, initiated by the President and Secretary of State whom refused to be mired by partisan politics, will be the one that will save americans and lead to eventual growth of the US economy.

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EU.

EU states had missed the asian and investment boat, for they had wrongly focussed on saving the banks, finding money to fund insolvent and irresponsible banks, sucidal austerity drives, instead of letting Capitalism runs its true course and focus on job creation for its most important resource - Human Capital.

At this stage of EU monetary quigmire, no investors will dare plump money down even EU wakes up and do the right thing. The trust in rule of law is gone, as democracy gives way to totalitarianism, societal revolt against further infuse of loans into personal wallets of the rich, etc.

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China

China's CCP gov can only watch with dismay as US retains it standing in Asia Pacific. Despite its supposed generous terms for investments, many more asians are wary of the CCP's rapacious self interests, and have no wish to sell out their own People, the way some asians had sold out to imperial japan in the 40s.

Futhermore, with its insane claim to owning the entire Eastern hemisphere seas, and will not hesitate to use force to back up those claims, it had only spooked the other asian claimants whom had agree to peaceful talks on how to share such sea resources instead of fighting.

Already, with its huge landmass comprising of many former indigenous nations, the CCP had proven itself incapable of governing except through the routine use of fear and murders, It still sought to control the wide open seas. The CCP gov is far too rapacious and will only collapse by its own corruptiong and greed.

It still attempts to maintain asian hemogeny by offering loans to billions of dollars for infrastructure developement in Asia. But asians are not fools. Those are LOANS, not charity funds and will have to be repaid with interests. Better that asians, which is resource rich anyway, live within its means and fund their own infrastructure projects and be responsible for their own economy.

Furthermore, those billions in loan belongs to the citizens of China, not to the CCP. Many billions live in poverty. The CCP gov should use those billions to alleviate sufferings of their own people than to play Monopoly for world domination.

1.3 billion will need trillions, and only social expenditure can help elevate its own people to take care of one another, for China do have much resources and room to grow peacefully with a gov that will be a responsible member of the human community on Earth.

Oh, please. How many airlines reneged on their pledges to buy planes before because they weren't able to afford it?

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