The TPP article According to this article, the TTP has been signed yesterday (February 4th, 2016). It now sits waiting for congress approval. This Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been created and agreed upon to help with trades within companies on the surface. It's actual purpose is to allow Multinational Companies to have a strangle hold on all world resources. This will affect economy, how we will govern the planet, and how we live our lives. There is a video in this article by Robert Reich, A American political economist and professor, talking about how the direction our economy is going. He doesn't agree with it, needless to say.