By Jieying Ding
Presidential efforts to secure the trade power have met with hostility
from Congress since 1994, but Obama is facing opposition from his own party on
this matter, according to the New York Times. Obama needs
his fellow Democrats’ support to finish and approve the negotiation of the
Trans-Pacific Partnership, a complicated 12-nation agreement that is a crucial
element of Obama’s “pivot” to Asia. Members of the liberal wing of the
Democratic Party think that the trade deal would “leave America’s middle class
in a deep hole,” while business groups are pressing the President to take a
more active role. On the other side of the aisle, even though many Republicans
strongly support President Obama’s trade agenda, some just won’t give Obama a
victory—no matter how much they like the policy.
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