Chairman Hatch Says Administration Signing TPP Just the Beginning

WASHINGTON – In a speech today, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) outlined the path forward for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), saying the Obama Administration must complete many more steps, as required by bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), before the trade agreement can be submitted to Congress for consideration. The speech was delivered before U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and representatives from 11 other countries were scheduled to sign the TPP agreement in New Zealand.