Tag: Trans-Pacific Partnership

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said in a letter to Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, that he plans to include immigration language in one of the four trade provisions scheduled for a Friday vote. (AP Photo)

GOP adds ban on immigration changes in trade deals

Susan Ferrechio · June 10, 2015 6:44 pm

House sets Friday vote on ‘fast track’ trade powers for Obama

Susan Ferrechio · June 10, 2015 3:00 pm

Cargo cranes unload ships at a port. (Photo by Robert Giroux/Getty Images)

Pro-trade Dems say Pacific pact is a chance at NAFTA ‘do-over’

Nicole Duran · June 8, 2015 4:01 am

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during the 2015 Southern Republican Leadership Conference May 21, 2015 in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Santorum says trade deal will hurt Americans

Sean Higgins · June 7, 2015 5:29 pm

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rand Paul demands Obama release text of trade deal

Barbara Boland · June 7, 2015 2:29 pm

Members of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association walk a picket line outside the Boston Sheraton Hotel, where the U.S. Conference of Mayors is holding their convention June 28, 2004 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

Free trade pits Democratic Party’s past against its future

Washington Examiner · June 5, 2015 4:01 am

In this Sept. 5, 2013 file photo, Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., arrives to join lawmakers and national security officials at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House shrugs at Obama’s ‘secret’ trade deals

Pete Kasperowicz · June 3, 2015 9:15 pm

After years of calling on both parties to work together, Obama might be about to watch as bipartisanship sinks his trade agenda. (iStock)

Obama’s new enemy on trade: Bipartisanship

Susan Ferrechio · June 1, 2015 9:00 am

Democrats are wondering how much Obama will be around to help them sell his trade agenda, which is unpopular among Democrats. (AP Photo)Â

Obama fundraises for Dems ahead of House TPA vote

Nicole Duran · May 27, 2015 10:34 pm

"The problem for these guys is that I fully understand the system and I understand how they make their money. And that's what they don't like about me," Elizabeth Warren said. (AP Photo)Â

Elizabeth Warren bill would force Obama to release text of Pacific trade deal

Pete Kasperowicz · May 20, 2015 2:51 pm

One of Warren's key pieces of evidence is that the Department of Labor has "accepted only five complaints against countries" since 2008. (Getty Image)

Smack! Elizabeth Warren gets it wrong, Obama’s trade rep says

Sean Higgins · May 20, 2015 9:00 am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has been one of the more outspoken Democratic critics of international trade deals and the report comes as the Senate prepares to vote on a bill that would give President Obama "fast track" authority to sign off on new trade deals. (Getty Image)

Warren strikes back at Obama with scathing report on trade deals

Susan Ferrechio · May 18, 2015 5:28 pm