White House Reiterates Administration Support for TPP, TTIP
President Barack Obama will lobby in the immediate future to muster bipartisan support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership trade pacts, said White House spokesman Jay Carney during a Jan. 31 press briefing. Carney declined to…
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comment on whether the administration is pressuring Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) support from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. “What I can tell you is that the President is going to make clear in the days and weeks ahead why he supports expanding American exports, why trade agreements with Asia and Europe are good for American workers, good for the United States, good for our economy,” said Carney. “And he is going to, and we are going to, the administration is going to, and others involved are going to engage Democrats and Republicans and other stakeholders in that discussion.” As majority leader, Reid controls the Senate floor schedule. Reid rejected TPA legislation in Jan. 29 comments (see 14013025).