And you and I spent hours and hours talking about the tpp. And of course, the Trump administration essentially said, no, we're not going to even do this. I think you can make a pretty good argument right now that [not pursuing the TPP] was a mistake. that the end the power of the unified countries of the Pacific region as a trading bloc in response to the rise of China, I think strategically would have been very important. (03:10–03:15)
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Asserts that not pursuing the TPP was a strategic mistake in response to China's rise.
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