trans-pacific partnership
Key lawmakers are hesitant to back the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
"Wall Street and other big corporations have won again."
Sen. Sherrod Brown has a new tactic in the fight to access secretive trade deal documents.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Overlooking Malaysia slavery complicates the picture.
The president may have just compromised his global human rights agenda.
The talks are fast approaching the deadline.
Advocates say the move damages U.S. credibility on human rights.
Lawmakers suspect the administration will upgrade Malaysia's ranking on human rights, though its record hasn't improved.