Most common sense people rightly assume that reducing trade barriers is good in and of itself. But it's a mistake to think that the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) involving the U.S., Canada and ten other countries that is close to being concluded after six plus years of negotiation under the Obama administration is primarily a free trade pact. It's also a misstep to grant the Obama administration with fast-track authority and the attendant secrecy on all details of this trade pact.