Malaysia is one of eleven countries involved in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). So, what is the problem? The TPP (fast-track authority) recently passed by Congress stipulates that the United States can not make trade agreements with countries that violate human rights, which means countries with Tier-3 status. And, guess what? Malaysia has a Tier 3 and would not be eligible for the TPP. No problem, because the Obama Administration found a very easy fix. That is, simply change Malaysia's rating to a Tier-2, even though there is little change in its actual performance of human trafficking, slavery, sex slaves, mass graves, and abuse of workers. Very sad, indeed. That is, when corporate profits become more relevant than human lives. Yes, because TPP is all about ways to lower labor costs to enhance the proverbial bottom-line, profits.
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