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President Barack Obama gestures as he answers question from members of the media during a news conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Trans-Pacific Partnership: Negotiators reach deal on Asia free-trade pact

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks at his papers during the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP)

Senators in both parties blast Obama administration for playing politics with trafficking report

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Kerry pitched the administration's controversial nuclear deal with Iran to a skeptical House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday, pushing back against the allegation it would ease crippling sanctions forever in exchange for temporary concessions on weapons development. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Slavery concerns rise over Trans-Pacific Partnership

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2014 file photo, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka speaks in Washington. Republicans lawmakers in statehouses nationwide are working to weaken organized labor, sometimes with efforts that directly shrink union membership. Walker's signing of right-to-work legislation in Wisconsin on Monday puts his defiance of organized labor even more at the center of his nascent presidential campaign. And the inability of unions to exact a price for the first round of legislation targeting them in 2011 is encouraging even more proposals to limit their power. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Obama glossing over Malaysia’s trafficking record, trade opponents say

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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Hillary Clinton, campaign under fire for not taking stand on trade debate

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this April 22, 2014, file photo, a protester holds a placard during a rally against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

PETER MORICI: Obama’s Asian trade deal sells out American workers

By Peter Morici

House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., presides over his committee's hearing on President Barack Obama's health care law implementation and the Health and Human Service's Department fiscal 2016 Budget request, Wednesday, June 10, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. At right Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

GOP leaders move to cut immigration out of trade talks

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Eric Cantor: Dem ‘civil war’ on trade could have ‘profound impact’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama, John Boehner team up to sell Trans-Pacific Partnership

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

TAMMY BRUCE: The TPP would trump American interests

By Tammy Bruce

President Barack Obama smiles as he speaks at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, Friday May 22, 2015, as part of Jewish American Heritage Month. The president addressed one of the largest Jewish congregations in Washington to highlight efforts to combat anti-Semitism, a problem he says has created an intimidating environment worldwide for Jewish families. The appearance coincides with Solidarity Shabbat, devoted to showing unity by political leaders in Europe and North America against anti-Semitism. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate passes free trade bill, House remains bigger hurdle

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., accompanied by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2015, following a policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Brett Carlsen)

GOP leaders vow to pass Obama’s trade bill

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Obama points to the audience as he departs after speaking at the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty at Gaston Hall at Georgetown University in Washington on May 12, 2015. (Associated Press)

House Democrats mount opposition to Obama trade deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The new agreement paves the way for passage of the deal through the Senate, but President Obama's own troops in the House said their opposition is intensifying, and they blamed the president for mishandling the politics of his top second-term priority. (Associated Press)

Obama trade bill revived after bipartisan deal sets new votes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton has refused to pick sides in a fight that has her torn between the party's liberal base and union allies that desperately want to sink the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and President Obama, who has made the 12-country trade deal the linchpin of his Asia policy. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton, comfortable in 2016 front-runner status, silent on Asia trade deal

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., Friday, May 8, 2015. Obama visited the giant athletic apparel company to make his trade policy pitch as he struggles to win over Democrats for what could be the last major legislative push of his presidency. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

At Nike headquarters, Obama says ‘just do it’ on free trade

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama hugs Elizabeth Warren as he arrives to speak at a campaign event at Symphony Hall, June 25, 2012, in Boston. (Associated Press)

Trouble on Obama’s left flank: Liberal opposition mounts to free-trade deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A major trade deal could be a capstone legacy for President Obama's second term in office — if he can deliver the votes. (Associated Press)

Obama takes fire from all sides for free-trade proposal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 22, 2014 file photo, a protester holds a placard during a rally against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Tokyo. The United States is negotiating the ambitious trade agreement with 11 other Pacific Rim countries that’s meant to ease barriers to fast-growing Asia-Pacific markets and streamline customs rules. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

CLAUDIA TENNEY AND BRIAN O”SHAUGHNESSY: Selling Out the Constitution and Main Street on Trade

By Claudia Tenney and Brian O'Shaughnessy

Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, said the "doc fix" would cost taxpayers a net $141 billion over the next decade, and would bring Congress disrepute. (Associated Press)

Fast-track trade authority support grows with assurances of no Obama immigration policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times