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+===Politics=== |
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+====TPP will pass – Obama solves all obstacles if he can push it fully==== |
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+**WTO 10/11 (World Trade Online, quoting NZ ambassador Tim Groser, "Groser: TPP does not have enough votes today, but chance remains after election", https://insidetrade.com/daily-news/groser-tpp-does-not-have-enough-votes-today-chance-remains-after-election)** |
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+New Zealand's ambassador to the U.S. said Tuesday that the Trans- |
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+hell in the lame-duck to get this through," Groser said. |
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+====The plan is unpopular – Law enforcement lobbies are powerful==== |
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+**Rucke 14 (Katie, staff @ Mint Press, "The Law Enforcement Lobby's Heavy Hand In American Policy", http://www.mintpressnews.com/the-law-enforcement-lobbys-heavy-hand-in-american-policy/191557/)** |
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+"Capitalism is alive and well in politics," Goldstein said while talking to MintPress |
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+they are surely a well-respected voice in the halls of Congress." |
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+====GOP support is key – Partisan fights over the plan derail TPP==== |
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+**Chinoy 10/30 (Dennis, Power in Community Alliances in Bangor, "Trans-Pacific Partnership is not dead", http://www.sunjournal.com/news/columns-analysis/2016/10/30/trans-pacific-partnership-not-dead/2017721)** |
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+The TPP has been negotiated under the auspices of President Barack Obama, an enthusiastic |
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+. The Trans-Pacific Partnership will only pass with heavy Republican support. |
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+====Obama's deals with the GOP are critical to passage – Partisan fights undermine TPP==== |
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+**Maudlin 11/1 (William, staff @ WSJ, "Obama Makes a Long-Shot Bid for TPP Trade Deal", http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-makes-a-long-shot-bid-for-tpp-trade-deal-1478014457)** |
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+The administration is working with Sen. Orrin Hatch (R., Utah), the |
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+agreement, reached last October, and expedited the process of congressional approval. |
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+====TPP is key to Asian leadership – Outweighs military power==== |
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+**Barfield 11/3 (Claude, fellow @ American Enterprise Inst., "The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) : more than a trade agreement", http://www.thailand-business-news.com/opinion/54700-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp-trade-agreement.html)** |
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+US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter has called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP |
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+TPP, you are giving the game away ~~to China~~'. |