Boon or disaster: Unpacking the TPP

Trade representatives
Trade representatives attend at a news conference for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a pan-Pacific trade agreement by trade ministers from 12 nations in Sydney on Oct. 27, 2014. The TPP, which would encompass 40 percent of the global economy and include 12 nations, has been the subject of negotiations for years.
Peter Parks | AFP | Getty Images 2014