<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Pritzker pledges ‘very robust war room effort' to win TPP</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Politico Pro<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">By Doug Palmer <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">August 3, 2016</span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><i class=""><u class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></u></i></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The Obama administration will mount an all-out effort over the next several months to win approval of the TPP before President Barack Obama leaves office in January, Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker said today.<br class=""><br class="">"I know that you remain committed to getting TPP passed but what I want you to know is our administration is all in on that effort, starting with the president," Pritzker said in opening remarks to members of the Manufacturing Council, a private sector advisory group that will call for approval of TPP as part of a final set of recommendations that it is making to the secretary today.<br class=""><br class="">"I can tell you he's working both in front of the camera and behind the scenes to get this done," Pritzker continued. "We have a very robust war room effort and great coordination between the White House, the U.S. Trade Rep, the Department of Commerce, which is kind of leading this effort. But we have a whole of administration push going on ... I know we have at least 30 trade events that will happen in just the next 20, 25 days."<br class=""><br class="">But Pritzker also told council the administration needs strong support from the business community to get the landmark trade deal approved.<br class=""><br class="">"Please make sure your voices are heard — it's critical — between now and the end of the year. That’s our window,” Pritzker said.</span></div></div></body></html>