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Early last month the Mercatus Center’s Program on the American Economy and Globalization held an event on Capitol Hill [2] to explore and explain the benefits of freer trade. Part of that event was this session on TPP that I moderated. The other participants were Linda Dempsey, Vice President of International Economic Affairs, National Association of Manufacturers; Edward Gresser, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Trade Policy and Economics, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; and Ed Gerwin, Senior Fellow, Trade and Global Opportunity, Progressive Policy Institute. Here’s a video of that very informative session (which makes quite clear that, while TPP isn’t perfect, it would have made trade freer):