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Free Trade: Obama's Legacy and Your Pocketbook
The Trans-Pacific Partnership would be a truly big deal and a major component of the Obama Legacy. But it won't be a done deal unless Congress gives the President sole authority to complete it. We hear about a so-called "free" trade agreement that also includes intellectual property rights, environmental protection and the rights of workers.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThe Trans-Pacific Partnership would be a truly big deal and a major component of the Obama Legacy. But it won't be a done deal unless Congress gives the President sole authority to complete it. We hear about a so-called "free" trade agreement that also includes intellectual property rights, environmental protection and the rights of workers.
Also, GOP infighting over budget proposals, and better living through plastic surgery — in South Korea.
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3 storiesGOP Infighting over Budget Proposals
House Republicans today unveiled a proposed budget for 2016 — that privatizes Medicare, turns Medicaid into block grants to the states and repeals the Affordable Care Act. Even before Senate Republicans reveal their budget tomorrow, there seem to be cracks in GOP unity.
Read the story6 minFree Trade: Obama's Legacy and Your Pocketbook
The Trans-Pacific Partnership would be the biggest trade deal in American history. It started 13 years ago, with Chile, New Zealand and Singapore, and now involves the US, Japan and ten other countries, comprising 40% of the world's economy.
Read the story33 minSouth Korea's "Practical" Obsession with Plastic Surgery
Beverly Hills can take a back seat to a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea, where there are 500 plastic surgery clinics in one square mile. South Korea now leads Brazil as the plastic surgery capital of the world. The US, speaking per capita, is only sixth.
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