Trump's Idea of kick ass trade deals for rural America:
http://www.politico.com/magazine/sto...effects-215459
TLDR: Pulling out from the TPP is like suddenly pulling the carpet from under rural businesses. Backing out of long anticipated global trade deals is going to screw the pork industry and many others.
Not to mention we have paid a permanent opportunity cost by spending this time telling Washing D.C. to fuck off (electing Trump) while China is swooping in SE Asia and concluding deals like its a new wave of colonialism.