May 02, 2014
Vicki Needham

A top Senate Democrat expressed concern on Thursday that negotiators of a massive Asia-Pacific trade deal haven't broached the subject of currency manipulation.

Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.) told U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman that he regretted that the issue “hasn’t been discussed given the level of importance” during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Obama's ambitious trade agenda.

Schumer said failing to include currency manipulation provisions in the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is like giving the United States two strikes in a baseball game while all others get four strikes. 

Source
The Hill