I thought that clause only said that the trade partners could not force news laws on us—but they could still not allow us to make changes to our current laws. E.g., further restrict work permits.
But no matter, the TPP is a giveaway of new laws, such as permitting foreign companies to freely transfer employees in and out of the US.
An example of how these deals hamstring the US is how an international tribunal has determined that we can’t label the country of origin of meat—because that disadvantages Mexican meat sales in the US.
Sessions is scathingly against TPA, as he just detailed again yesterday:
NAFTA didn’t stop us from making and changing our laws. I don’t think TPP will pass.