WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama meets with the leaders of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries in Beijing.U.S. President Barack Obama meets with the leaders of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries in Beijing November 10, 2014.
Washington lobbying by companies and groups involved in global trade boomed in the past nine months, records show, as Congress debated a landmark trade pact proposed by President Barack Obama, the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Lobbying expenditures by members of a pro-TPP coalition increased to $135 million in the second quarter of 2015, up from $126 million in the first quarter and $118 million in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to Senate Office of Public Records reports reviewed by Reuters.
