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    Politics makes strange bedfellows

    Trump Wins The Unions: Teamsters Praise TPP Withdrawal, Labor Chiefs Describe "Incredible" Meeting With Trump
    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/20…

    Donald Trump and labor unions don’t always get along — but they did today
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/n…

    Trump Meets Labor Union Heads and Promises to Build
    http://www.nbcnews.com/business/…

    • Just a political stunt by Trump...the TPP was already dead in both the senate and congress. #GoTeamTrumputopian
    • ^ was it? I though HRC was pushing for it.Gnash
    • HRC was pushing for it initially but pulled back after strife from the left. McCain made a statement today saying Trump made a mistake & China will dominatelowimpakt
    • China will surely be happy, but the way the TPP was written didn't seem great for NA in the long run -- aside from mega corpsGnash
    • Bernie praises Trump http://wapo.st/2kkfO…
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    • along with Rust Belt Democrats, those same types that got him elected. Your average blue collar worker.
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    • meanwhile, tired ass, past his prime John McCain opposes it. time for the pasture John.
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    • There is a legit fear that if we don't get in on pacific trade in a big way that western economies are in perilGnash
    • some feel the TPP is our
      now-or-never chance
      Gnash
    • i thought this was a good thing... i feel like recently everyone was freaking out about TPPscarabin
    • Such a complicated deal. Full details were only recently released. Difficult for the average person to comprehend implicationsGnash
    • There's been some evidence to suggest the deal was basically written by mega-corps
      https://www.techdirt…
      Gnash

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