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Obama 'Worked The Phones' To Make Pacific Trade Deal Happen

06/10/2015 GMT

Obama Worked The Phones To Make Pacific Trade Deal Happen

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All hands were on deck to create the world's largest free trade zone agreement.

President Barack Obama has said he personally worked the phones to build support in the closing negotiations of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal.

President Barack Obama has said that he personally worked the phones to build support in the closing negotiations of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal. In an interview with our partner programme Marketplace the US public radio show - he said he made calls to prime ministers and chief executives to get the agreement on creating the world's largest free trade zone through. He still faces a gamble to get the deal through US congress. But he told Kai Ryssdal that he believes his hand is strong, and that if the United States doesn't take the lead in setting the rules of trade in the Pacific, then China will. .

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Photo: President Obama is interviewed on Marketplace. Credit: WH photo/Pete Souza.

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