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This R&D provides resources on the Trans-Pacific Parternship (TPP).  The TPP is a free trade zone that includes twelve Pacific Rim nations such as the United States, Japan, Canada, and Australia.  The Obama administration has championed the deal as a way to counter China’s influence in the Pacific, but Republicans and Democrats have expressed skepticism about the accord.  Negotiations on the TPP were completed last Monday, but now the accord faces fierce ratification battles that could be lost pending political changes in the nations that signed.