this, to me, is the scariest part of all these deals (TPP, TTIP, CETA, TiSA etc.) : they seem to be 'too big to fail', so chances are they'll pass simply because parties involved are 'deeply invested', not because they're actually good deals...
Yes, and because various interested parties know that will happen, no matter how much evil anticonsumer shit they pack into the deal, there's nothing holding them back during the negotiations. We've heard about the awful IP shit because EFF is on the ball, but there's no doubt we'll find out about even more once this takes effect. I'm not talking about e.g. Vietnam rice farmers vs. USA rice farmers vs. rice eaters everywhere, but rather all of those parties getting screwed by the ag corp interests who were actually represented at these negotiations.
thats generally they're strategy it seems. literally every year, they say "we need more money or we have to shut everything down"