READ MORE:* Shops aren't dead yet - they're only resting: Pattrick Smellie* Pattrick Smellie: Politics in an age of deep uncertainty* Pattrick Smellie: 40c a km Auckland congestion charge likely to kick up a stinkThat prospect has been diminishing. Pattrick Smellie: Taking the pulse on global trade dealsDEREK FLYNN/FAIRFAX NZ Why ratification of the the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement by the United States is looking less certain. The question they might be better to ask, though, is whether big bang free trade deals have had their day. Take the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). Just last month, she said: "We should renegotiate deals that aren't working for Americans, and reject any agreements – like the Trans-Pacific Partnership – that don't meet my high bar for raising wages or creating good-paying jobs."

Source: Stuff July 13, 2016 00:39 UTC