Will the Trans-Pacific Partnership Force Us to Fund the Paris Climate Agreement?

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American Thinker:

December 20, 2015

Will the Trans-Pacific Partnership Force Us to Fund the Paris Climate Agreement?

By Howard Richman, Raymond Richman, and Jesse Richman

 

In a commentary in the American Spectator on December 16, "No one is Going to Enforce The Paris Climate Treaty through TPP," K. William Watson of the Cato Institute contributed to the ongoing discussion of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).

 

Watson addressed two of the arguments that we had made in our American Thinker commentary "What's Actually in the Trans Pacific Partnership?" Although Watson made some useful points that highlight important nuances, at best, he defeated a straw man that was not our argument.

 

TPP Amendment Process

 

According to our reading, the TPP pact could be amended by the U.S. administration with the approval of the TPP Commission even without congressional consent. We based our conclusion upon the enumerated powers of the TPP Commission from Chapter 27 of the TPP agreement: