This week, President Barack Obama unveiled the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a historic agreement encompassing a dozen nations that would increase opportunities for Americans investing abroad, protect workers here at home and lay the foundation for progressive change around the world. That’s a boon for every American but of special importance to American manufacturers because it would cut 18,000 foreign taxes on made-in-America products and create new opportunities for good-paying, middle-class jobs.
This has been excerpted from a 9 October 2015 news item by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and is available in its entirety at: http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/2015/10/09/Approve-the-trade-deal/stories/201510090138