Port-to-Facebook Sales Mission For Pacific-Trade Deal
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The mounting resistance in the U.S. to a Pacific-region trade deal can be found in the travel itinerary of its chief salesman: Michael Froman.
During the past week, Froman, the U.S. Trade Representative, has touted the Trans-Pacific Partnership at the Port of Los Angeles, at Paramount Pictures Corp. studios in California, a breakfast hosted by Facebook Inc. in San Francisco and an “armchair discussion” about trade with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at that city’s Commonwealth Club.