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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama takes turn as 'America's pitch man' to help sell TPP trade deal
Source: Reuters
Politics | Mon Jun 20, 2016 3:47pm EDT
Obama takes turn as 'America's pitch man' to help sell TPP trade deal
WASHINGTON | BY AYESHA RASCOE AND ROBERTA RAMPTON
President Barack Obama made a plug on Monday for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal to a group of 2,400 investors looking at locating business in the United States, saying the deal would help boost the global economy.
Trade has become a hot-button issue in the Nov. 8 presidential election campaign, with presumptive candidates from both parties voicing objections to the 12-nation TPP deal that Obama wants the U.S. Congress to sign off on before his time in office ends on Jan. 20.
Both the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns have tapped into populist skepticism about the benefit of trade deals on jobs and wages, particularly in the manufacturing sector.
Obama tried to dispel the economic gloom-and-doom coming from the campaign trail, extolling the recovery of the United States from recession.
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Obama takes turn as 'America's pitch man' to help sell TPP trade deal
WASHINGTON | BY AYESHA RASCOE AND ROBERTA RAMPTON
President Barack Obama made a plug on Monday for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal to a group of 2,400 investors looking at locating business in the United States, saying the deal would help boost the global economy.
Trade has become a hot-button issue in the Nov. 8 presidential election campaign, with presumptive candidates from both parties voicing objections to the 12-nation TPP deal that Obama wants the U.S. Congress to sign off on before his time in office ends on Jan. 20.
Both the Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns have tapped into populist skepticism about the benefit of trade deals on jobs and wages, particularly in the manufacturing sector.
Obama tried to dispel the economic gloom-and-doom coming from the campaign trail, extolling the recovery of the United States from recession.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obama-trade-idUSKCN0Z625H
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Obama takes turn as 'America's pitch man' to help sell TPP trade deal (Original Post)
Eugene
Jun 2016
OP
He's right here. He ran on re-negotiating NAFTA, and he has. That's what the TPP is.
Recursion
Jun 2016
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mucifer
(23,542 posts)1. Oy vey
doc03
(35,332 posts)2. So 10 or 20 years when we loose another million jobs the Republicans can
hang TPP around our neck like they have with the NAFTA that they voted for.
nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)3. k&r
"I don't mind being America's pitch man," Obama said in a speech at the SelectUSA Summit. "In seven months or so, I'll be on the job market, and I'm glad I'm going to be here. I'm going to get on LinkedIn and see what comes up," he quipped...
..."We're continuing to work with congressional leaders to find the right opportunity, the right window of opportunity, to get TPP passed this year," Jeff Zients, the director of the National Economic Council, told reporters.
Candidate Obama- "NAFTA was a mistake"
President Obama- "The TPP is a priority"
adigal
(7,581 posts)4. Where did the person I voted for in 2008 go??
Seriously.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)5. He's right here. He ran on re-negotiating NAFTA, and he has. That's what the TPP is.
I think the Latin American parts of the TPP are actually pretty good, better than NAFTA and CAFTA. I still wish we had held Vietnam's feet to the fire more, but I love the labor concessions we got from Brunei and Malaysia.