Obama Rejecting TPP Would Hurt US Workers

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(2 Aug 2016) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4048744 • • President Barack Obama found common cause with the leader of Singapore in the face of growing political headwinds against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, warning that to pull up a drawbridge on trade would only hurt the United States and its workers. • Obama said that people have legitimate fears about the impact of globalization and being left behind but the answer cannot be to back away from trade and the global economy. • The answer is to make sure that globalization and trade is working for us and not against us, Obama told joint news conference after talks with Lee in the Oval Office. • TPP is designed to do precisely that, Obama added. • Singapore, a close U.S. partner, is one of the 12 nations in the TPP, an agreement key to Obama's effort to boost U.S. exports and build strategic ties in Asia. • But Lee's Washington visit comes as opposition to the TPP intensifies in the United States. • Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton are both against it. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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