Bloomberg Law
Aug. 23, 2016, 7:50 PM UTC

Law Firms Not Betting on Obama’s TPP Push

Blake Edwards

Even as both people vying to be his successor oppose it, President Obama is preparing a final push in Congress to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, or TPP, ratified by year’s end.

On Monday, lawyers — possible beneficiaries of such a deal — expressed doubts his efforts will be successful.

Scott Lincicome, who’s of counsel at White & Case and lectures on international trade at Duke University, put the chances of the bill passing this fall at “well under 50 percent.”

“We continue to believe that the chances of a lame duck consideration are slim,” Lincicome said. “You have a vigorously anti-TPP and anti-trade candidate in Donald ...

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