Trump vs. the global elite

Donald Trump has found a new enemy in his quest for the White House: the global elite. --In a series of economic speeches, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has railed against the forces of globalization, arguing the changes in the economy have betrayed workers and wiped out the middle class. --At the center of the "rigged economy," Trump argues, are "powerful corporations, media elites and political dynasties" and his general election opponent, Hillary Clinton.
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CRUZ FACING TRADE-DEAL HEADWINDS IN OHIO

A history of support for free-trade deals by Ted Cruz and his wife, Heidi, is dogging the senator’s campaign in the important “winner-take-all” Ohio GOP presidential primary, especially since the Cleveland Plain Dealer has just reported that the state lost 112,500 jobs last year because of the U.S. trade deficit with countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
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Trump Was Right About TPP Benefiting China

Donald Trump lambasted the Trans-Pacific Partnership at Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate, contending that China would use it to "take advantage of everyone"--generating snickers from journalists and a withering refutation from Rand Paul, who said "we might want to point out that China is not part of this deal." --But Trump never suggested that China was part of the TPP, only that the country would "come in, as they always do, through the back door" of the agreement. And he was right.

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