WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he was confident he could make a case for the ambitious TPP Pacific free-trade deal as he began pressing for its ratification by Congress.

A day after 12 countries reached agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership following grueling Atlanta negotiations, Obama told agriculture and business leaders that the deal is good for them.

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