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Senator urges Obama begin transpacific trade talks

Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:26am EST

WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - A top Democratic U.S. senator on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to announce that the United States will join trade talks with Vietnam, New Zealand and others as part of the Transpacific Partnership initiative.

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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus also urged Obama to move more quickly to resolve concerns blocking approval of free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia.

"We've got to trade or fade," Baucus said in a speech at George Washington University, adding that he felt the "palpable" absence of a comprehensive U.S. trade policy 10 months after Obama took office.

(Reporting by Doug Palmer; Editing by Will Dunham)

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