‘Wounded’ Trans-Pacific trade deal running out of allies

Horse-trading and quick action may be needed to salvage deciding U.S. vote.

Conservative trade critic Gerry Ritz, pictured last fall, says the government is 'stalling for time to see what the Americans do.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

May 18, 2016

The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal has few friends left among federal politicians in Canada and the United States. Canada’s federal Conservatives are at the top of that list, along with departing U.S. President Barack Obama. Both are lobbying the power...

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