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"It's the privilege of serving," New Zealand's economic development minister later said.
Neither thinks Hillary Clinton is really opposed to the TPP trade deal.
The prospect of a President Trump makes it even more urgent to pass the TPP in 2016, a senior White House official says.
Losing a trade dispute over meat labeling has had consequences.
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"The TPP poses a panoply of threats to our climate and environment."
But Obama calls it the "highest standard trade agreement in history."
It is opposed by labor unions and many of Obama's fellow Democrats.
Clinton also denied that she took positions out of political expediency.
Cool tariff reductions, bro.