President Obama is rolling out the red carpet for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Tuesday, hoping the visit will help revive his Asia pivot and push a massive new trade pact over the finish line in Congress.
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“[Abe] is very adamant about TPP and other parts of his domestic agenda,” Yuki Tatsumi, a senior associate at the Stimson Center, told the Washington Examiner. “Just like Obama, in a sense, Abe is undercutting his political support base — agriculture, large construction companies and public works contracts — to achieve it.”
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