i asked suzanne spears, partner at law firm volterra fietta, how significant this deal is.t particularly with canada joining. demonstrating the number of countries both from north america and from other regions in the pacific are still committed to free trade, still committed to the rules of the road of the global economic order which is what the trade agreement symbolises. when they announce these trade agreements, it took years to negotiate and president urbana was spearheading the negotiations at the time when he was in office —— president obama. they talk about the degree to which it will boost the individual economies, the growth they will see, the growth in trade, how people will benefit, will it really bear that much fruit? yes, we do see trade does in fact increase gdp in the economy is in question and there have been a number of studies showing this trade agreement alone will boost trade and investment very dramatically at least 1% increase in gdp over the next few years for the involved. on the other hand, quite clearly, there are downsides, both to globalisation