Quote-unquote: Presidential trade policies
As the election nears, some trade prognostication from think tanks, followed by reactions to the stalled U.S-Canada softwood lumber negotiations: Hillary Clinton and the TPP . “She was forced to have a defensive posture towards the issue [the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement] with counterpart Bernie Sanders taking such a strong stance. She disavowed TPP but will likely pivot back to support it since it already ticks some major boxes, such as national security.” -- Daniel Ikenson, director of Cato Institute’s Stiefel...