A decade in the making, the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is reaching its climax and as Congress hotly debates the biggest trade deal in a generation, its backers have turned on the cash spigot in the hopes of getting it passed.
“We’re very much in the endgame,” US trade representative Michael Froman told reporters over the weekend at a meeting of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on the resort island of Boracay. His comments came days after TPP passed another crucial vote in the Senate.
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Folks are grumping about the Repubs backing Obama on this. Mere days after the deal the new AG Lynch goes after FIFA for corruption - much of the splatter landing near the Clintons since their dealings with FIFA are deep and dirty. A splattered Hillary makes for a less likely president. Wonder if that's part of the deal...
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Wouldn't be the worst deal in the world. :)
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