Obama Hypes TPP in Vietnam, Lifts Embargo on Lethal Weapons Trade – Ed Schultz

Posted by Ed Schultz | May 24, 2016 | Corporate, Ed Schultz Show | 0 |

The US has decided to “completely lift” its embargo on a trade in lethal arms with the Southeast Asian country of Vietnam, President Tran Dai Quang has said. While visiting the country, US President Barack Obama said that he’s still “confident” the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal will earn the support of Congress, even though the ratification of the controversial deal stalled in the US. Critics accuse Obama of arms peddling for a trade deal. For more on this, Director of Global Trade Watch Lori Wallach joins ‘News With Ed.’

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Ed Schultz

Ed Schultz is an American television and radio host, a liberal political commentator, and a former sports broadcaster. He was the host of The Ed Show, a weekday news talk program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global. Ed has won three Eric Sevareid Awards and has managed and been lead talent for a broadcast team that has won two Marconis and a prestigious Peabody Award. Ed has been named one of the top ten radio hosts in the country by Talkers Magazine for a number of years. Ed Schultz has been a nominee by Syndicated News/Talk Personality of the year by Radio & Records.