Trans-Pacific Partnership faces blunt opposition from congressional Democrats

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Trans-Pacific Partnership faces blunt opposition from congressional Democrats
By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, February 4, 2014 13:28 EST

President Barack Obama is running into stiff opposition from Democrats in the US Congress to his ambitions to craft huge trade deals spanning the Atlantic and Pacific.

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“In light of the broad scope of today’s trade agreements, it is even more vital that Congress have a fulsome role in shaping these pacts? terms,” the letter said.

It cited specific interests of the legislators and their constituents likely to be touched on by the deals: labor, copyright, environment, food standards, professional licensing, and overall industrial regulation, among others.

“The United States cannot afford another trade agreement that replicates the mistakes of the past.”