White House, Republicans Lack Plan to Get Vote on Trade Bill

The Obama administration and Republican leaders don’t have a clear plan to resurrect the president’s trade agenda and are giving themselves until the end of July to find a way to overcome resistance from congressional Democrats [using a must-pass highway bill in August].

http://www.bloomberg.com

Obama, Boehner abandon plans for Tuesday trade vote

President Obama and his momentary Republican allies in Congress mulled several difficult choices Monday for rescuing trade legislation into which the president has invested a massive amount of political capital in the hope of completing a 12-nation trade deal across the Pacific Rim...

www.washingtonpost.com
Congress Doesn't Really Have The Votes To Move Fast Track Forward, Everyone Starts Pointing Fingers

Last week, the House rejected the President's desired "fast track" authority for trade bills that would have smoothed the way to signing onto trade agreements like the TPP, TTIP and TISA. Technically, "fast track" was voted for, but a related issue...

www.techdirt.com
How Hillary Clinton Gets Around Answering Questions About Fast-Track

Sorry, reporters.

www.nationaljournal.com
45 times Secretary Clinton pushed the trade bill she now [“]opposes[”]

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, seems reluctant to take a firm position on an issue dividing her party...

www.cnn.com
Hillary Clinton dismisses trade authority as ‘process issue’

While the political world’s attention was focused on Jeb Bush’s presidential announcement 1,500 miles to the south in Miami, Hillary Clinton brought her stump speech to New Hampshire and refused to be pinned down on her views of a trade deal that has raised progressives’ ire...

www.politico.com
David Brooks Warns of Economic Collapse and War Without TPP

The Washington chattering class is really upset that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) looks like it's going down. David Brooks pulls out all the stops today, using his NYT column to yell at "Tea Party" Democrats...

www.cepr.net
Breitbart: Union and Conservative Coalition Fighting TPP Is Tipping-point Event

For over 100 years, the American public viewed labor unions in a positive light. But after unions were body-slammed in battles against three not-so-free trade agreements negotiated by Democrat Presidents, manufacturing jobs plummeted and public opinion of unions went negative for the first time...

www.breitbart.com
Rich People's Rules and the TPP. By Dean Baker

Congress gave the American people and the world something to celebrate last Friday...

www.huffingtonpost.com