TPP about-face: global trade.

• Author: Slade, Stephanie
• Position: Citings - Trans-Pacific Partnership - Brief article

Stephanie Slade As SECRETARY of State during President Barack Obama's first term, Hillary Clinton referred often to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade agreement in the works between the U.S. and nearly a dozen other countries, mostly in Southeast Asia. That so-called "pivot to the Asia Pacific" was a cornerstone of her agency's "economic statecraft" agenda. "We are moving forward in negotiating a cutting-edge multilateral free trade agreement," she said in a 2011 speech. "Our work together to finalize the Trans-Pacific Partnership binds our countries together, increases stability, and promotes security," she declared one year later, in remarks alongside Australia's foreign minister.

By October 2015 when the parties finally reached an agreement on draft language, Clinton's tune had changed. Asked about the TPP on PBS' NewsHour, Clinton replied: "What I know about it, as of today, I'm not in favor of what...