Citing disapproval process, Hatch warns administration to follow TPA objectives

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on Tuesday delivered an expansive critique of President Trump's trade policies, warning that the administration must follow the 2015 Trade Promotion Authority negotiating objectives in the North American Free Trade Agreement talks and citing Congress' role in TPA renewal as a way to ensure it does so. Hatch, speaking at an event hosted by the Business Roundtable and Farmers for Free Trade, said the Finance Committee has closely followed the NAFTA talks and...