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J_J_

(1,213 posts) Fri Apr 24, 2015, 11:13 AM Apr 2015

Obama lambasted opponents of Bush/Clinton trade deals "opponents are ignorant of the benefits"

Under the auspices of the December meeting of the President's Export Council, Obama lambasted opponents of the free-trade agenda he adopted from Presidents Bush and Clinton, arguing that opponents are ignorant of the benefits of trade and admonished them to back off in their effort to oppose passage of TPA and TPP by stating: "Don't fight the last war. You already have."

http://www.manufacturingnews.com/news/2014/President-And-CEOs-Meet%20To-Pass-TPA-And-TPP-1217141.html

I'm afraid it is Obama who is ignorant, not the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs.

And he wants us to 'just trust him' on the TPP