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Does TPP's slow death mean the world is now unsafe for trade deals?

  • Written by Charles Hankla, Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University

It seems that the world has become unsafe for trade agreements. In particular, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a major new trade deal among the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations, has become a political lightning rod for both the left and the right.

As if to highlight that fact once again, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said...

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