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Jim Lane

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36. Oh, I believe that -- but they were INFLUENTIAL special interests

Reply to smb (Reply #35)

Thu Apr 12, 2018, 04:34 PM

Apr 2018

If the changes that have been make the deal less attractive to them, then it's that much less likely that we'd rejoin now.

Also, I'm guessing that the recent changes don't improve the aspects that made the TPP bad for the US generally, such as the ISDS provisions.

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Oh, I believe that -- but they were INFLUENTIAL special interests Jim Lane Apr 2018 #36

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