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Adviser: Trump would not seek TPP renegotiation or new bilaterals if elected

October 20, 2016 at 4:47 PM
The U.S. would not seek to renegotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership or hash out new bilateral deals with TPP parties if Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump were elected president, according to a senior economic adviser to the campaign. David Malpass, in remarks to reporters on Oct. 20, said TPP represents a failed approach to trade policy that focuses more on trade in services and investment than on trade in goods and manufacturing. “TPP itself was launched with some principles that really...

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