 Russia later intervened in the Syrian Civil War and interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, earning condemnation from the Obama administration.Seeking to shift the focus of U.S. foreign policy to East Asia, Obama organized a multi-nation free trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), but the TPP was not ratified by Congress.Smaller trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama were approved by Congress and entered into force.