White House says it sees a path to approval of Pacific trade deal

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"The president is going to make a strong case that we have made progress and there is a path for us to get this done before the president leaves office," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told a new briefing ahead of a trip by Obama to Asia this week.

(Reporting by Roberta Rampton; Writing by Tim Ahmann; Editing by James Dalgleish)