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Brad Sherman: “The economic arguments for TPP are so bad that we have to be told that somehow we're going to obtain a national security…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2015
The economic arguments for TPP are so bad that we have to be told that somehow we're going to obtain a national security advantage.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman criticizes the economic rationale behind the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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