Malaysian jungle graves add to Obama's trade pact headache in Congress

News Manager

Milforums News Bot
By Krista Hughes and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The discovery of scores of graves in people-smuggling camps in Malaysia is casting a shadow over President Barack Obama’s signature trade deal as U.S. lawmakers consider punishing trading partners that are soft on human trafficking. *** Just as Obama's drive to win "fast-track" trade negotiating authority for the deal entered its most sensitive stage in the U.S. Congress, Malaysian police announced the discovery of 139 graves in jungle camps used by suspected smugglers and traffickers of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. ...




More...
 
Back
Top