Deal breaker.
Ben Carson supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/11/06/ben-carson-backs-white-houses-tpp-trade-deal/
Wall Street Journal
Nov 6, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Friday that he supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement negotiated by the White House - aligning himself more with the GOP’s establishment wing than with the social conservatives who have powered his campaign.
Mr. Carson’s backing of the 12-nation Pacific trade deal places him at odds with Donald Trump, his chief rival for support among anti-establishment Republicans. Mr. Carson had expressed skepticism about the TPP, saying in a June interview with the Huffington Post that he would not give President Barack Obama “fast-track†authority to negotiate the deal.
Now, a day after the White House posted the text of the TPP deal online, Mr. Carson’s campaign said Friday that he supports the final product.
Mr. Carson, spokesman Doug Watts said, “believes the agreement does help to level the playing field in key markets and is important to improve our ties to trading partners in Asia as a counterbalance to China’s influence in the region.” Mr. Watts said Mr. Carson is “now inclined to support TPP, with reservations.”
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Yep, that’s a deal breaker.
Personally, I wasn’t voting for Carson before the TPP revelation.
Has the good doctor ever witnessed a trade surplus with any cheap labor country? NAFTA has been a disaster for US jobs. WHy does the good doctor think even cheaper than Mexico wages in Vietnam will help US jobs?
Just one of many deal breakers. Dr Carson views are more progressive than conservative. He should have remained a Democrat since he'd much closer to Hillary on policy than he is to Trump, Cruz or Paul.