Damage control, because the narrative couldn't play out (false flag didn't usher in the controls they anticipated, or the all out world war they wanted,) they have to extend the financial ponzi scheme even further out to keep it going.

TPP is another way to kick the can down the road.

It is like when Europe consolidated their economies in order to prevent some countries from collapsing and others from growing too fast.

By consolidating our economies with other countries, we are allowed more leeway with our fuzzy methods of accounting.

Plus, if/when countries like China stop trading with us, we will still have other third world trading partners to fall back on.

We can't bring the lost jobs back to the US because it is too expensive to do business here. So, instead we make agreements with other places that don't have the same standard of living or high costs of doing business, and we can continue living like we do.

To me, TPP is a sign of desperation.