Evan Medeiros

Nobody has any illusions, this trip sends important signals to China about U.S. activism in the region and growing U.S. concern about Chinese behavior.

The speed, the scale and the scope of this is very problematic ..... by Evan Medeiros

The speed, the scale and the scope of this is very problematic .. raising anxiety.

The president made very clear last night that TPA (Trade Promotion Authority) and TPP is now a top presidential priority and now is the time to get it done.

The president made very clear last night that TPA (Trade Promotion Authority) and TPP is now a top presidential priority and now is the time to get it done, the U.S. is in the end game of its negotiations with its TPP partners ... The fact that the president has now requested TPA from Congress is a political statement that the goal is to get it completed in 2015.