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Article posted: 3/10/2013 4:00 PM

Congress wants role as Obama pushes trade agenda

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U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk speaks at the Singapore Management University in Singapore on the subject of U.S. and Asia-Pacific trade. The Obama administration has embarked on an aggressive trade agenda that could lower trade barriers and increase exports to many of the economic giants of Asia and Europe.

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The Obama administration is embarking on an aggressive trade agenda that could lower barriers and increase exports to Asia and Europe. To make that a reality, though, it may first have to negotiate a little closer to home — with Congress.