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Charlie Nelson, left, shows U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman around the Nelson's Green Brier Distillery in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. Froman visited the distillery to promote the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement that he said could eliminate duties on exported whiskey of up to 45 percent. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

US trade chief: TPP deal benefits whiskey exports

By ERIK SCHELZIG - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in Hampton, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Trans-Pacific Partnership dead with opposition from Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Michael Froman, Obama aide, mum on date for Pacific trade deal debate

By Meghan Bartlett - The Washington Times

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama: Trans-Pacific Partnership will cut taxes for U.S. businesses

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Japan's Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari pose during a group photo session during a break in negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement in Lahaina, Hawaii on Thursday, July 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Pacific trade ministers fail to reach deal in Hawaii talks

By Audrey McAvoy - Associated Press

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican AP Photo/File)

Michael Froman: Trans-Pacific Partnership, Asia trade deal coming together

By Christopher White The Washington Times - The Washington Times

President Obama and Ron Kirk have renegotiated deals begun under President George W. Bush but have not made an enthusiastic push to pursue any more trade agreements, critics say. (Associated Press)

EXCLUSIVE: Obama trade reps’ U.S. junkets outnumber overseas visits for deals

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

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Froman sees Pacific trade deal

By Annie Z. Yu - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama shakes hands with Michael Froman, his nominee for U.S. Trade Representative, during a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House on May 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

Anti-globalization groups take aim at proposed U.S.-Europe trade deal

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Michael Froman (left), President Obama's pick to be the nation's top trade negotiator, has said he has about $500,000 in Cayman Islands bank accounts. (Associated Press)

Obama trade pick gets unanimous committee backing

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Michael Froman (left), President Obama's pick to be the nation's top trade negotiator, has said he has about $500,000 in Cayman Islands bank accounts. (Associated Press)

Cayman Islands bankers defend rules ahead of trade nominee vote

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama speaks on May 2, 2013, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, where he announced he will nominate Penny Pritzker (right) as secretary of commerce and Michael Froman (left) as U.S. trade representative. (Associated Press)

Trade pick presses for ‘fast-track’ authority for new deals

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

A White House official says President Barack Obama will name a longtime fundraiser to run the Commerce Department and a top economic adviser as the next U.S. Trade Representative. The Commerce nominee is expected to be Penny Pritzker, left, shown in a Oct. 4, 2010, file photo and The U.S. Trade Representative is expected to be Mike Froman seen in an Oct. 8, 2010, file photo. Obama will announce both nominations from the White House Thursday morning May 2, 2013, before departing for Mexico. (AP Photo/File)

Obama to tap Pritzker for Commerce, Froman as Trade Rep.

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama speaks on May 2, 2013, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, where he announced he will nominate Penny Pritzker (right) as secretary of commerce and Michael Froman (left) as U.S. trade representative. (Associated Press)

Obama’s Commerce pick Pritzker may face flak

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Unaware that a microphone was recording him, President Obama asked outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday, March 26, 2012, for breathing room until after Mr. Obama's re-election campaign to negotiate on missile defense. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

As G-8 leaders arrive, new doubts about Obama’s international clout

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this May 8, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Obama sidelined as player in summits

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

An elderly survivor holds a poster of Warren Anderson, the head of Union Carbide Corp. at the time of the gas leak, as she waits for the verdict in the premises of Bhopal court in Bhopal, India, on June 7, 2010. The court convicted seven former senior employees of Union Carbide's Indian subsidiary of "death by negligence" for their roles in the Bhopal gas tragedy that left an estimated 15,000 people dead more than a quarter century ago in the world's worst industrial disaster. (Associated Press)

U.S. e-mail on Bhopal rocks India’s Parliament

By Sujoy Dhar - The Washington Times