http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/newt-gingrich-trump-trade-vice-president-225035Gingrich reverses course on trade as Trump VP chatter swirls
The former House speaker, who helped pass NAFTA, tells POLITICO: ‘I basically agree with Trump’s speech on trade.’
By Shane Goldmacher and Doug Palmer
07/01/16 01:59 PM EDT
Updated 07/01/16 02:26 PM EDT
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich, under consideration as Donald Trump’s running mate, is dropping his decades-long support of free trade deals and picking up Trump’s strongly protectionist position.
“I basically agree with Trump’s speech on trade,” Gingrich said in an email to POLITICO on Friday.
Citing China’s taking of American intellectual property and the fact that the country is now in “a different era,” Gingrich said he had moved closer to the position of the presumptive Republican nominee.
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