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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Offers Wait and See Statement on TPP [View all]hay rick
(7,686 posts)is also Hillary's position on NAFTA. Hillary claims her two tests are good jobs and national security. So if exports create 1 good job for every 2 jobs that imports take away she can support it. National security is a bogus test. Since virtually all trade agreements have a negligible effect on national security that gives her a big, patriotic-sounding reason to support TPP.
It looks to me like Hillary is on the wrong side of this issue and doesn't want to admit it yet as that will give folks time and impetus to unite against her candidacy. I think her real concern is that she sees TPP as a choice between the financial support of moneyed interests that support TPP and the grassroots, activist base that opposes TPP. I expect her to follow the money and hope that activists remain stuck in "the lesser evil" quandary and still give her at least tepid support.