WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Susan Rice, President Obama's national security adviser, called for enactment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement Monday.
Speaking at the Brookings Institution on Monday, Rice said the proposed free-trade agreement between the United States, Australia, New Zealand and nine other countries bordering the Pacific Ocean in Asia and South America is crucial to U.S. interests, and would bring continued prosperity and a turn to democracy in the region.