Why election years and trade votes mix like water and oil

Senate Democrats recently blocked consideration of the bill on fast-track trade authority in what is considered by many as a major set back for the trade agenda

May 19, 2015
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Transcript

World Finance speaks with Daniel Ikenson, director of trade policy studies at the Cato Institute on where trade barriers leave the US economy.