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In reply to the discussion: Why all the hate towards Cornell West? [View all]OrwellwasRight
(5,170 posts)If you understand the issue. So let me clarify. Legally, the TPP will absolutely not "supersede" NAFTA. Both will stay in place with equal legal force. Where they have different standards, the entity seeking to enforce the standards can pick the standard it wants to use and will have to use the dispute settlement provisions of that agreement. But that entity is free to choose either agreement.
No part of NAFTA will be "nullified," "repealed," "replaced," "renegotiated," or "superseded" or in any other way be voided of legal force.
By contrast, the US-Canada FTA was legally superseded by NAFTA, as you can plainly see here on the Canadian government website:
http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/us-eu.aspx?lang=eng
You will never see such a website saying that NAFTA is "superseded" because USTR's plan from the outset was to have the TPP coincide with, not supersede, existing agreements.