Trans-Pacific Partnership: Alarmed the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement won't get enough votes, its top promoters - the Koch brothers and Exxon Mobil among them - now resort to fear tactics: We either support the TPP or China will steal this coveted wealth bonanza! Echoes of the myth of Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction" and our falling for it should ring in our ears today. Without a massive and unlimited production of fossil fuel, the TPP remains just a negotiated agreement.