How Cancellation of TPP Could Hurt California

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FILE - In this April 22, 2014 file photo, a protester holds a placard during a rally against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Tokyo. How slow can you go? The effort to get U.S. trade legislation through Congress, clearing the way for progress on an Asia-Pacific trade accord, is in limbo once again. The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, June 12, 2015 shot down a proposal to give President Barack Obama authority to negotiate global trade deals for congressional approval or rejection, without amendments. Among U.S. trading partners, the setback was viewed more with resignation than panic. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

International Trade Advisor, Jock O’Connell, talks to us about how cancelling the TPP could hurt California.