The Trans-Pacific Partnership is dead, Schumer tells labor leaders

The Washington Post ^ | 11/10/2016 | Mike DeBonis

[Trump20162020]

The Senate’s soon-to-be top Democrat told labor leaders Thursday that the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal at the center of President Obama’s “pivot” to strengthen ties with key Asian allies, will not be ratified by Congress.

That remark from Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is expected to be the incoming Senate minority leader, came as good news to the AFL-CIO executive council, which met Thursday in Washington. Schumer relayed statements Republican congressional leaders had made to him, according to an aide who confirmed the remarks.

Obama’s signature global trade deal had been on life support for months as both Democrats and Republicans campaigned against unfair trade policies ahead of the Nov. 8 election. And Donald Trump’s triumph in the presidential race cemented its fate.

[Know et al]

Some elections have good consequences!

[Buckeye McFrog]

Schumer is going to be one of the more intriguing characters in Washington for the next few years.

Nah. He'll be too busy traveling back and forth from Canada to visit his daughter.

[Myrddin]

That's great news.

[za_claws]

YES! A VERY YUGE bullet.

[bkopto]

I thought Bath House had a pen and a phone.

[baldisbeautiful]

who’s getting tired of winning?

Who sir? Me sir? No sir!! I want some mo’, I want some mo’ I want some mo’

[za_claws]

Great news indeed. Obama initially called it Obamatrade lol since Obamacare was so gooood....

[plushaye]

I am VERY pleased to read this! “They” see the writing on the wall even before President Trump is sworn in. Another blow to the globalists. Yippee!