Obama, Ryan Say Trade Agenda Needed To Counter China; Differ In Focus

In separate weekly addresses over the weekend, President Obama and House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) invoked the threat of a rising China to try and bolster their arguments for why the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) are critical to the U.S. economy. Both of their addresses focused exclusively on trade policy. But while Obama talked solely about the TPP -- framing it as a deal that would benefit middle-class workers -- Ryan instead...