--- title: Senator Elizabeth Warren Shoots Back at the President On TPP Feud description: Sen. Elizabeth Warren defended her position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and criticized the deal in an interview. canonical: https://time.com/3853668/warren-obama-tpp-trade-deal/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-11T15:01:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:05:34.870Z article:section: Politics og:title: Warren Bashes Obama as Trade Deal Feud Heats Up og:description: Sen. Elizabeth Warren defended her position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and criticized the deal in an interview. og:url: https://time.com/3853668/warren-obama-tpp-trade-deal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dc287976cf29245/6987ef34428a9e4944ccb580/sen-elizabeth-warren.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Sen. 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Elizabeth Warren Jose Luis Magana—AP by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell May 11, 2015 3:01 PM UTC Elizabeth Warren says President Barack Obama should reveal the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, shooting back at the President after he said over the weekend that the Massachusetts senator was “absolutely wrong” about the controversial trade deal. President Obama has asked Congress to vote on whether to “fast track” the trade deal without revealing its contents. Obama says the deal, which involves 12 nations, will increase trade and bolster standards for Asian workers. But he has been criticized by both Republicans and Democrats for a lack of transparency on the details of the agreement. “If the president is so confident it’s a good deal, he should declassify the text and let people see it before asking Congress to tie its hands on fixing it,” Sen. Warren said in an interview with the [Washington _Post_ published Monday](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/05/11/elizabeth-warren-fires-back-at-obama-heres-what-theyre-really-fighting-about/). At the heart of the dispute between Warren and the President is the TPP agreement. The Senate will vote this week on whether to grant Obama “fast track” authority to negotiate the agreement, which could impact 40 percent of U.S. trade. Congress can still vote the deal down once he presents it, but with “fast track” won’t be able to amend it. Warren has argued that the deal will weaken regulations and undermine the Dodd Frank financial reforms. “I understand that we want to be a nation that trades, that trade creates many benefits for us,” said Warren. “But only if done on terms that strengthen the American economy and American worker.” \[[_WaPo_](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/05/11/elizabeth-warren-fires-back-at-obama-heres-what-theyre-really-fighting-about/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3853668/warren-obama-tpp-trade-deal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3853668/warren-obama-tpp-trade-deal/"},"headline":"Elizabeth Warren Shoots Back at Obama as Trade Deal Feud Escalates","datePublished":"2015-05-11T15:01:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:05:34.870Z","description":"Senator says President Obama \"should declassify the text\" of the Trans-Pacific Partnership","url":"https://time.com/3853668/warren-obama-tpp-trade-deal/","keywords":["White House","trade","trans-pacific partnership"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dc287976cf29245/6987ef34428a9e4944ccb580/sen-elizabeth-warren.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dc287976cf29245/6987ef34428a9e4944ccb580/sen-elizabeth-warren.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sen. 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