Trump Keeps Up Attack on TPP Heading Into Iowa Caucus

Donald Trump continued to express contempt for the Trans Pacific Partnership over the weekend, telling Breitbart News that he is the country’s best hope for stopping the administration’s trade agenda, which he also laid at the feet of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

“Our leaders have negotiated terrible deals that are bleeding this country dry,” Trump reportedly said in an exclusive statement to the conservative news service just days before the Iowa caucus. “The TPP is another terrible one-sided deal that rewards offshoring and enriches other countries at our expense. I will stop Hillary’s Obamatrade in its tracks, bringing millions of new voters into the Republican Party. We will move manufacturing jobs back to the United States and we will make America great again.”

Even though he is a self-proclaimed “free trader,” the New York magnate’s anti-TPP statements are consistent with his position that previous administrations have botched trade negotiations ranging as far back as the North American Free Trade Agreement. He also told the New York Times editorial board in January that he would impose a 45 percent tariff against China to address a trade imbalance with the massive Asian economy. His most recent proposal is actually an increase from the 25 percent tariff he proposed in 2011.

http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-trade#ixzz3ywARs3xR

The Donald is the ultimate unilateralist. Not only should the US act unilaterally in the world - bombing, abrogating treaties he doesn't like - but he will act unilaterally within the US to build walls, raise tariffs, ban refugees, round up and deport 'illegal immigrants' and on and on. All base on hate and fear.