(Newsmax) – Real estate mogul and businessman Donald Trump
is jumping into the debate over the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade
deal and the authority to fast-track the deal – calling it a “bad, bad deal”
and slamming President Barack Obama and Republicans who support it.
The six-figure radio ad, posted by the Daily Caller Wednesday
and paid for by the group Americans for Limited Government, will begin running
Thursday in New Hampshire and South Carolina, and go national on
Monday, the Daily Caller reports.
“While I’m a Republican, right now, some in the Republican
Party are working overtime to hand more power to President Obama,” Trump
proclaims. “These same people are turning their backs on the American workers
and businesses. It’s unbelievable.”
The Trans-Pacific Partnership was drafted and signed in
2005, but other countries began negotiating for inclusion after that and now 12
are working to come to an agreement that would, according to the Office of
the United States Trade Representative, “boost U.S. economic growth, support
American jobs, and grow Made-in-America exports to some of the most dynamic and
fastest growing countries in the world.
Republicans are aligning themselves with Obama on the bill,
over which the president will have “fast-track” authority, which means Congress
wouldn’t be able to amend it.
“I learned a long time ago, a bad deal is far worse than no
deal at all,” Trump declares in the ad. “And the Obama Trans-Pacific
Partnership and fast-track are a bad, bad deal for American businesses, for
workers, for taxpayers. It’s a huge set of handouts for a few insiders that
don’t even care about our great, great America.
“Congress has to stand up and defeat this raw power grab.
With the dismal Obama track record, why should a Republican Congress give him
more power and gut the Constitution to do it? It’s just crazy. Tell your
congressmen and senators, vote no on fast-track.”
The 12 countries involved in the deal include the United
States, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru,
Singapore and Vietnam.
Trump, exploring a possible bid for the White House, tells
the Daily Caller the push illustrates that “yet again, the politicians are
allowing our president to reinforce the lack of respect countries like China
and Japan now have for the United States.” “They will devalue their currency,
exploit our trade agreements, continue to destroy our economy and put Americans
out of work. Politicians are all talk and no action.”
Trump tells the Daily Caller that instead of fast-tracking
the trade deal, “Congress should pass legislation that holds China and Japan
accountable for currency manipulation.” “This would send a message to the world
that there are consequences for cheating the United States.”
Some Democrats also don’t like the deal, according to
Politico.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Donald-Trump-Trans-Pacific-Partnership-fast-track-Obama/2015/05/06/id/643018/
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