Exclusive: GOP's Royce Backs Obama on TPP

Influential Republican Congressman Ed Royce said he supports President Barack Obama on his ambitious Asia-Pacific free trade agenda. “I am with the president. I am with trade promotion authority for any president to negotiate these trade agreements,” Royce told VOA’s Carol Castiel. “Nobody’s going to negotiate with you unless they know you have the ability to put together a deal,” he said. The document, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, would redefine trade and...

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