Obama Is Poised to Give GMO and Meat Companies Something They've Always Wanted

Obama May Soon Give GMO and Meat Companies Something They've Always Wanted
In this photo made Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, a cheeseburger order rests on a table at The Nook in St. Paul, Minn. The Nook boasts 31 burgers. They're ooey gooey and oh-so-good. At the always-bustling joint in residential St. Paul, over-indulgence is the rule and staff proudly promote the "Meat is Murder. Tasty Tasty Murder" motto. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
In this photo made Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, a cheeseburger order rests on a table at The Nook in St. Paul, Minn. The Nook boasts 31 burgers. They're ooey gooey and oh-so-good. At the always-bustling joint in residential St. Paul, over-indulgence is the rule and staff proudly promote the "Meat is Murder. Tasty Tasty Murder" motto. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

President Obama and his Senate GOP critics are locked in a long-simmering feud, but there's one topic that has them clasping hands and singing kumbaya: global free-trade deals. The erstwhile foes are joining forces to push two massive ones: the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which would knock down trade barriers for a group of nations including the United States, Canada, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Vietnam; and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which would do the same between the US and the European Union.

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