Unfortunately, the two documents are incompatible. Several chapters of the TPP impinge upon the SDGs, potentially undermining the UN’s efforts to promote sustainable development and equality throughout the Pacific region. Moreover, many developing countries, least-developed countries, and small island states in the Pacific region are excluded from the preferential trade deal.

What does the TPP say on development?
The US Trade Representative has boasted that the TPP’s chapter on development will be a boon for developing Pacific nations, and that it will “focus attention on major development goals including inclusion of women, micro-enterprise, poverty reduction, and education, science, and technology”.

But while the chapter is laden with aspiration, it lacks firm commitments or hard obligations.

Available at: http://theconversation.com/the-trans-pacific-partnership-poses-a-grave-threat-to-sustainable-development-50398