TITLE: Trump’s New Protectionism: Economic and Strategic Impact
SENTENCE 1: Strategic Benefits of the TPP  While admitting the economic benefits of the TPP for the US were minimal, CNBC’s Everett Rosenfeld called the TPP “a key component of the American geopolitical ‘pivot’ toward the Asia-Pacific region.” This statement echoes the viewpoint of many TPP proponents who supported the agreement because of the strategic benefits they believed the US would obtain.
SENTENCE 2: A message published on the Federation website read “We are doing all we can to make sure America’s working families are educated about the TPP and organized to fight against it.” The message went on to explain that one of the many reasons the AFL-CIO disliked the TPP was because they didn’t believe the agreement would raise the wages of workers in member countries, and because rules designed to improve employment conditions were “vague”.
SENTENCE 3: While conclusions about the potential benefits to US trade and GDP differed across the various studies, most found that the increases to trade and GDP would be rather small and would be easily negated if TPP resulted in greater than expected job loss or by continued appreciation of the US dollar.

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