Friday, June 12, 2015

President Obama Facing Trade Showdown on Capitol Hill

US President Barack Obama has been lobbying members of his own party on Capitol Hill in Washington, ahead of what looks to be a tight vote in the House of Representatives on whether to grant him fast track trade authority in order to advance a landmark trade deal with Asia.

The Senate has already backed the measure, but it's opposed by many House Democrats, along with some Republicans. 

Our Washington correspondent Lorna Shaddick reports.

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Claude Barfield, a former consultant to the US Trade Representative and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, says the vote is key for President Obama's legacy: 

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