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Obama Signals He Wants Trade Enforcement To Be Limited To Customs Bill

May 20, 2015 at 10:14 AM
In a formal statement, President Obama on Tuesday (May 19) signaled he wants to change several elements of a pending Senate customs and enforcement bill while praising the enforcement provisions in that legislation overall. Some lobbyists saw his message as aimed at warding off the possibility that key enforcement parts of the bill would be offered as amendments to Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation in the Senate. In a carefully worded statement released by the White House, Obama said he...

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