Rep. Hensarling: 'Open Question' Whether TPP Advances 'Free Trade'

Whether the Trans-Pacific Partnership advances free trade “remains an open question,” the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee said this weekend. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) – who last year came out strongly for fast-track authority – told a Texas television station it's not a “foregone conclusion” that TPP advances trade . “There are clearly areas that I think advance free trade,” he said, “but I think there are areas that hurt free trade in that agreement and a lot...