Long Odds Ahead Now for Obama on His Troubled Trade Agenda
Washington — The White House and Republican leaders in Congress face long odds in trying to revive trade legislation after a telling defeat engineered by President Obama’s fellow Democrats. Obama’s ambitious trade agenda is in serious doubt, as is his quest for a capstone second-term achievement. Without the power to negotiate trade deals that Congress can approve or reject, but not amend, Obama has little chance of securing the...
Obama, Senate GOP Team Up
Washington — The Obama administration and Senate Republicans worked in unusual harmony Tuesday to advance major trade legislation opposed by many rank-and-file Democrats, an expanding struggle already leaving a mark on the 2016 campaigns for the White House and control of Congress. In rapid-fire order, the administration threatened to veto a proposed change in the trade bill to require U.S. negotiators to target currency manipulation...
