Earnest Says Obama's Strong Support For TPP Offers The Best Chance for TPP Vote

White House spokesman Josh Earnest this week signaled strongly that U.S. business should recognize its best chance for getting the Trans Pacific Partnership passed is this year given the robust support offered by President Obama, which he implicitly contrasted with the anti-TPP stance of the presidential candidates. He responded to a question about the impact of the opposition to TPP among presidential candidates and what that means for a lame-duck vote on the deal. “I think you have just articulated...