Posted on 11/10/2016 11:40:33 AM PST by Trump20162020
The Senate’s soon-to-be top Democrat told labor leaders Thursday that the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal at the center of President Obama’s “pivot” to strengthen ties with key Asian allies, will not be ratified by Congress.
That remark from Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is expected to be the incoming Senate minority leader, came as good news to the AFL-CIO executive council, which met Thursday in Washington. Schumer relayed statements Republican congressional leaders had made to him, according to an aide who confirmed the remarks.
Obama’s signature global trade deal had been on life support for months as both Democrats and Republicans campaigned against unfair trade policies ahead of the Nov. 8 election. And Donald Trump’s triumph in the presidential race cemented its fate.
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so No Global Government ?
Now just a minute . . . my governor, Kasich, was in line to scarf up a few million here and there with TPP. What’s he gonna’ do now, the stupid jacka$$.
Good start
And the unions would still support Clinton if she up and passed it.
Another YUGE bullet that we dodged.
who’s getting tired of winning?
The plutocrats just got kicked in the...oh wait a minute, no glass ceiling anymore...they got kicked in the... :-)
Not yet, keep it up!!
Yep. Let’s kill some more bad ideas, there’s plenty of ‘em out there!
YEA!
That means Trump has frightened Gym Boy and the Turtle away from any lame-duck mischief.
Look at that...President elect Trump is saving jobs and hasn’t even been sworn in!
One down.
When will we repudiate the Iran Deal?
And the Climate Change Agreement?
He's a political animal and will be expected to toe the Democrat Party line as the party's leader in the Senate, but as a New Yorker he is owned by Wall Street interests and will have to walk a tightrope to keep all of his partners happy.
Hey Schumer! So’s is the DNC!
It’s funny how it’s allegedly good news to the AFL-CIO leaders when they supported Hillary, who everyone knows would have eventually supported TPP despite lying and saying otherwise in the campaign.
has KAsich shown any regret for his actions during the campaign
Just like the government the unions have been taken over by oligarchs and bureaucrats who don't give a damn about those they're supposed to represent.
I want that ethanol out of my gas and quit subsidizing the ethanol industry.
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