Fareed Zakaria Is Confused on Trade and the TPP

In pushing trade agreements it is fair to say anything, even if it has no relationship to the truth. Therefore it is not surprising to see Fareed Zakaria (TPP) by claiming that it will boost growth and attacking Bernie Sanders for opposing "trade policies that have lifted hundreds of millions of the world’s poorest people out of poverty."

First, the impact on growth will be trivial. According to the International Trade Commission's assessment, the TPP wil...