An election eve agreement with the Palestinians should be such that it does not raise the suspicion, even for appearance sake, that it was subject to time-related considerations namely election consi derations and thus great care and constant awareness is required of these suspicions, and even more so in the case of a minority government whose prime minister has resigned.

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But this kind of protectionist thinking is myopic and flawed: the innovation and opening of new markets the TPP is designed to spur would lead to exactly the type of jobs that labor craves, namely high-paying manufacturing and technology related jobs.

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