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Buchanan: GOP Would ‘Forfeit’ Industrial States with TPP Passage

Tuesday on NewsMaxTV’s “Newsmax Prime,” conservative commentator Pat Buchanan warned politicians in the Republican Party that if they were to allow the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement to pass. Buchanan explained to hosts J.D. Hayworth and Miranda Khan that it would cost

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Clinton Flips On Pacific Trade Deal; Gets to Slam Biden, Hug Sanders

The media normally treats a politician’s dramatic policy shifts as insincere or foolish “flip-flops,” at least when it’s Republicans changing their minds. Let’s see how they handle one of the most blatant flip-flops in recent memory, as presidential candidate Hillary Clinton suddenly denounces the huge Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal that she championed as Secretary of State.

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Mike Huckabee: Americans ‘Punched in the Gut’ by Obama’s Trade Deal

Gov. Mike Huckabee slammed President Barack Obama’s new campaign to win Hill approval for a new Pacific-wide free-trade treaty with 11 countries. “Once again, American workers are getting punched in the gut by Washington because this deal is a handout to insiders, interest groups, Obama’s allies and Asia,” said Huckabee, a GOP presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor, shortly after the president announced the completed deal Oct. 5.

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Rocky Chavez Slams Kamala Harris

Assemblyman Rocky Chavez (R-Oceanside), a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, likened Democratic rival Kamala Harris to socialist Bernie Sanders in remarks to the press corps Saturday at the California Republican Convention.

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Donald Trump Distinguishes Himself from GOP Field on Trade

As Donald Trump continues to surge in the polls, a staple of Trump’s campaign rhetoric remains his emphasis on bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States and confronting foreign competitors like China and Mexico over their unfair trading practices.

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Sanders: Hillary Has To Take a Position on TPP

Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders criticized Hillary Clinton for not taking a position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Sanders said, “You can be for the TPP. You can be against the TPP.

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Ro Khanna Won’t Answer on Trade Bill; Honda Opposes

Last week’s collapse of a potentially critical trade package deal in the House raised questions as to how two-time congressional candidate Ro Khanna’s view on the deal might differ from that of his rival, incumbent Rep. Mike Honda (D-San Jose).

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Exclusive — Gov. Perry on Obamatrade: ‘I Don’t Trust This President’

“I always like to preface all of this with, I’m a free trader, I’m for selling American products everywhere,” said Perry. “I’m a very strong proponent of economic development and trade. America can compete with anybody in the world…you give us a level playing field, and American workers will compete anywhere in the world. And we make good products, and our agricultural products are the best in the world.”

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AP: Congress To Vote On TPA As Early As Thursday

The decision to split up the bills comes as House Republicans and the White House attempt to figure out a way to pass “fast-track” in the face of diverse opposition. It would require reconsideration in the Senate as well.

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Frozen: Obama Not Talking To Nancy Pelosi About Trade

Spokesman Josh Earnest continued to describe Pelosi’s rebellion against President Obama on trade as a “procedural snafu” that would be addressed. He confirmed that Obama had been speaking with Speaker John Boehner on the phone about trade in recent days, but not Pelosi.

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ConservativeHQ Warns Vote Tuesday Could Revive TAA, Urges Members To Vote ‘No’

Passage of TAA is necessarily in order to get the controversial Trade Promotion Authority, or “fast-track,” to the president’s desk. After their effort thwarted was last week, House Republicans and the White House are seeking to move TAA before the summer, to get the back that would grant Obama the authority to expedite consideration of trade deals over the finish line.

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Axelrod: Clinton ‘Owned’ TPP Back In 2012

Former Obama Senior Adviser David Axelrod stated that Hillary Clinton “owned” the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “to some degree” in 2012 on Monday’s “Hardball” on MSNBC. After watching a clip of Bill Clinton “finessing” NAFTA, Axelrod said, “It was a little

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TPP Enters USA into a ‘New Trans-National Union’

Stephen Miller, one of the staff leaders for Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, joined Breitbart News Sunday and was asked by Breitbart’s Executive Chairman and host, Stephen K. Bannon: “Isn’t the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) really a global governance deal, rather than a trade agreement?