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Perdue endorses TPP while calling it a ‘tough sell’ to Trump

April 23, 2018 at 9:12 AM
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said last week that he has advised the President Trump to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but added that convincing the president to re-enter the Asia-Pacific pact will be a “tough sell.” “The fact is that’s not an easy sell,” Perdue said when asked about his conversations with the president on TPP. “I’ve advised the president that I think that the TPP would be great to re-enter. It builds the United States with 11 other countries as...

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