[title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]TPP talks heat up in Hawaii[/title][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=””][fusion_text]Monday, July 27th 2015
With a series of agricultural issues still hanging, the Pacific Rim trade negotiations heat up in Hawaii this week as U.S. negotiators try up to wrap up a deal that they can send to Congress for approval. Canada has yet to make key concessions on its barriers to U.S. dairy and poultry products, while Australia is making a renewed push to get the United States to increase its sugar imports. The Senate and House, meanwhile, need to agree on an extension of highway funding this week. The existing authorization is set to expire on Friday. The Senate is pushing for a long-term extension, but House Republicans are insisting on a short-term patch that would allow them to tie a longer-term deal in December to a tax bill that would include an extension of popular tax breaks, including Section 179 expensing allowance.
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