McCain slams TPP withdrawal, again, as a strategic blunder

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) solicited strong support Tuesday from a panel of defense policy experts for his position that the Trump administration made a serious strategic mistake in withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “So would the witnesses agree that the abandonment of TPP was one of the biggest mistakes we have made?” McCain asked in his first question to a panel convened to discuss policy and strategy in the Asia-Pacific. McCain has said repeatedly over the...