Utah Senator, Crucial Ally for the Pacific Rim Trade Deal, Is Now Its Main Hurdle

Utah Senator, Crucial Ally for the Pacific Rim Trade Deal, Is Now Its Main Hurdle-nytimes: Senator Orrin G. Hatch, with his long record of promoting trade, was a natural and crucial Republican ally for President Obama earlier this year, helping him conclude negotiations among 12 Pacific Rim nations on the largest regional trade accord in history.