I don't think those issues will be solved politically speaking, between countries.
Voters are consumers, and I don't think politicians have a lot of leverage against those corporations. If they hit corporations, consumers will complain. Even in a global economy, I don't think nations are enough organized to fight multinationals, since they might defend the corporation or their home country. Maybe the goal of the TPP is to fix exactly just that, to lay some ground rules about taxes, but if it fails, it will show how nations are unable to collect taxes.
That's my greatest fear, that people become dependent on corporations, so much that they would side with them. Today I'm sure people prefer their iPhone and internet than firemen, police, an administration, etc.
Voters are consumers, and I don't think politicians have a lot of leverage against those corporations. If they hit corporations, consumers will complain. Even in a global economy, I don't think nations are enough organized to fight multinationals, since they might defend the corporation or their home country. Maybe the goal of the TPP is to fix exactly just that, to lay some ground rules about taxes, but if it fails, it will show how nations are unable to collect taxes.
That's my greatest fear, that people become dependent on corporations, so much that they would side with them. Today I'm sure people prefer their iPhone and internet than firemen, police, an administration, etc.