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America would win by rejoining the TPP

By Tom Rogan
Published April 13, 2018 9:00am ET
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America would win by rejoining the TPP
DAY 4 - In this Jan. 23, 2017, file photo, Vice President Mike Pence, left, and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, right, watch as President Donald Trump shows off an executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact agreed to under the Obama administration in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. | (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

It would be an act of true leadership if President Trump rejoined the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, trade agreement.

Trump has previously railed against the TPP, but signaled his openness to changing course on Thursday by ordering U.S. officials to consider rejoining the agreement.

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