[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Obama signs trade promotion bill in to law[/title][fusion_text]Monday, July 29th 2015
President Obama signed into law a trade promotion bill that ensures new agreements can get through Congress without risk of amendment, but he warned that “tough negotiations” were still ahead before the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership is ready for lawmakers to consider. Obama also signed a bill renewing trade adjustment assistance programs and duty-free “preferences” for imports from poor nations. As he signed the bills, he was flanked by several cabinet officials, including Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and lawmakers who helped with passage of the bills, including the chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio; Rep. Ron Kind, R-Wis.; and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del. Notably missing from the ceremony was the bipartisan trio that led the negotiations over the legislation, The chairman and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; and the chairman of Ways and Means, Paul Ryan, R-Wis. Congress is on recess this week. Obama did not give a time frame for finishing the TPP, but he gave a nod to anti-TPA lawmakers that the public has been unable to see text of the trade deal that has already been negotiated.
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