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When Unifor national president Jerry Dias meets Friday with Canada’s new international trade minister, he will urge Ottawa to delay holding a ratification vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal until it has been dealt with by the United States.

“It makes no sense to ratify until we see what happens in the U.S.,” Dias said Wednesday.

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Dias along with senior executives at FCA Canada, Ford and General Motors will meet in Toronto with Chrystia Freeland to discuss the impact of the 12-country trade deal on the country’s auto industry, he said.

Dias’s wait-and-see approach echoes that of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, which also is urging the Liberals to watch what happens across the border where opposition to the trade deal appears to be growing.

Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump — the two front-runners in the race for the presidential nomination — have slammed the trade deal.