McConnell Says No TPP Vote in 2016, Up to Trump How to Proceed
The Senate won’t bring up Trans-Pacific Partnership implementation legislation for a vote this year, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said during a Nov. 9 press conference, according to a transcript provided by a McConnell spokesperson. Any decisions on the…
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deal and future trade agreements will depend on how president-elect Donald Trump will exercise presidential Trade Promotion Authority, passed in 2015, he said. "It's certainly not going to be brought up this year," though Trump has the ability to improve the TPP through TPA, he added. A State Department spokesperson said the TPP remains one of several priorities on which the Obama administration will try to make as much progress as possible before inauguration day in January.