Robert Samuelson Supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Robert Samuelson begins his argument for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by telling readers:

"The trouble with our trade debates is that people assume they’re only about economics."

I suppose this means that the advocates of TPP think they are losing the economic argument so now it is a matter of national security. (Just out of curiosity, I wonder how many of the foreign policy experts arguing for the necessity of the TPP supported the Iraq war.)

Anyhow, we do get some economics in Samuel...