Apparent Trump reversal on TPP trade deal stuns both sides

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Groups across the political spectrum were stunned Thursday that President Trump is looking to re-enter the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed 12-nation trade deal that Trump withdrew from last year.

Conservative and business groups cheered the move, while trade critics denounced it as a betrayal.

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