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work powerfully entrenched and will keep moving. the potential trade deal with asia the transpacific partnership, could, however, shape these trends in a direction that is compatible with american interests and ideas. that's why congressional, mainly democratic opposition has been so misguided. for those who worry that after tpp america would have to compete against low-wage countries, it's too late. it's been too late for decades. as zachary carabell notes, we are already living in a free trade world. the average tariff in the developed world is now about 3%. that's it. and in the past three decades, developing countries have cut their tariffs substantially as well. china's average tariff is less than 10% today. down from around 40% in 1985. the united states has one of the world's most open economies.

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