Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Free Trade Is Election's Bipartisan Target

Claims that the pacts take away jobs resonate with voters.

February 21, 2016 at 4:28 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

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Any doubts that Donald Trump has had a huge (as he might say) influence on the Republican Party were dispelled this month when Senator Rob Portman came out against the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

There is no more respected member of what's called the Republican establishment: The Ohio lawmaker is a confidant of the Bush family, a runner-up vice-presidential pick in 2012 and a former U.S. trade representative.