Mitt Romney says Obama `` has not signed one new free-trade agreement '' An Obama spokeswoman calls that statement `` absurd '' and Fact Check : `` inaccurate '' Obama signed a free trade deal in 2011 , based on talks that began years earlier . The White House said the president had been briefed by his economic advisers about the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations before he announced last week that he would seek congressional approval for the 12-nation pact.
Mitt Romney says Obama `` has not signed one new free-trade agreement '' An Obama spokeswoman calls that statement `` absurd '' and `` inaccurate '' Obama signed a free trade deal in 2011 , based on talks that began years earlier . The White House said the president had been briefed by his economic advisers about the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations before he announced last week that he would seek congressional approval for the 12-nation pact.