Biden challenges Clinton to back TPP as Obama sends it to Congress

In a challenge to Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden said that the next administration must push for Senate approval of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade treaty to make sure the United States keeps access to Asian markets.

Biden, presenting recommendations for the next administration in a bylined article in Foreign Affairs, said that President Obama’s successor must build on treaties and initiatives pushed over the past eight years. The magazine sent out a “pre-release” of his article printed in the upcoming editon.