Hillary Clinton talks with reporters as she campaigns at Kirkwood Community College in Monticello Damen Nike Air Max TN Rosa Weiß Billig , Iowa April 14, 2015. REUTERSRick Wilking

WASHINGTON - Less than a week after formally launching her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton is already being tested on a thorny issue for Democrats: free-trade deals and their impact on workers.

The issue is a backdrop for almost any global economic affairs debate in Washington, with many Democrats and their backers arguing that free-trade deals help big corporations, but drive American jobs abroad to cheaper labor markets.

On Thursday, the debate rose to a full boil when members of Congress from both parties announced legislation that would give President Barack Obama the "fast-track" trade negotiating authority he needs to complete a massive Asia-Pacific free-trade deal.

Over two days of campaigning in Iowa this week Air Max TN Herren Nike Schwarz Rot Schweiz , where she discussed economics, Clinton, who is the commanding front-runner to be the Democratic nominee for the 2016 election, uttered not a word about the potential Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) between the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries.

If Obama does not get fast-track "trade promotion authority" (TPA) from Congress setting rules for debating TPP, it will be nearly impossible to complete the sprawling pact that aims to lower trade barriers and further stimulate trade with countries ranging from Australia, Japan and Chile to Singapore and Vietnam.

The TPA fight in Congress could be over this year Air Max TN Herren Nike Schwarz Blau Kaufen , long before the election campaigns really heat up. But if Congress approves fast-track, the second chapter - an up-or-down vote by Congress on whatever TPP deal Obama agrees to - could be raging as the November 2016 election nears.

"She puts herself in a very difficult position no matter what she says" about trade, said Paul Sracic, who heads Youngstown State University's Politics and International Relations Department in Ohio and focuses on global trade.

That is because Clinton, who has spent decades in the national limelight including as secretary of state from 2009-2013, could face attacks from many angles Nike Air Max TN Herren Weiß Schwarz Kaufen , especially in swing states like Ohio that could decide who wins the White House.

If Clinton were to align herself with the labor unions - a position that would also put her in the same camp as conservative Tea Party Republicans - that are already trying to defeat TPA and TPP, she could win points in Ohio, Nevada and other states rich in organized labor votes.

But at the same time, she would be distancing herself from some of the work she did when she was a top official in the Obama administration at the exact time Obama, her ex-boss, is traveling the country selling the free-trade deal.

"One of her primary accomplishments as secretary of state was the so-called Asia pivot" that refocused U.S. diplomacy away from the Middle East and toward the Asian countries that are central to the TPP Kaufen Herren Nike Air Max 95 Weiß , Sracic noted.

Conversely, if Clinton were to embrace the pact and campaign on it, she would put herself at odds with Democratic stalwarts such as former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland who is running for a Senate seat and Senator Sherrod Brown, also from Ohio, who opposes the fast-track legislation as drafted and is prodding Clinton to make her views known.

CAUTIOUS RESPONSE SO FAR

For the moment, Clinton's response was noncommittal.

In a statement on Friday Bestellen Damen Nike Air Max 90 Leder Weiß , Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said Clinton believes the United States "should be willing to walk away" from any trade measure that does not "protect American workers and create more good jobs at home" while also strengthening national security.

Clinton, he said, "will be watching closely" to see how the final deal tackles currency manipulation, labor rights and other contentious issues.

The AFL-CIO, the largest U.S. labor organization, is already working to stop the trade deal and is urging its members to sign a petition "and tell Congress to stop the fast-track bill; it's undemocratic and bad for working families."

Meanwhile former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley Herren Nike Air Max 97 OG GS Weiß Bestellen , who is considering challenging Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, on Friday laid down a marker when he blasted TPA and said, "Chasing cheaper labor abroad will not help us build a stronger economy here at home."

Labor was a power to be reckoned with when TPA was before Congress in late 2001. At the time, the House of Representatives voted 215-214 in favor of giving then-President George W. Bush fast-track negotiating authority. A mere 21 Democrats voted yes while 189 voted no.

That is a stark result that Clinton likely will weigh when forming and explaining her position to voters.

A senior House Democratic aide said Obama will "have to make a strong case" for TPA and TPP and "educate a lot of people" to win the day.

HELSINKI, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Pirkanmaa District Court of Finland on Wednesday dismissed the charges against Iraqi twin brothers, who were suspected of participation in a massacre in Iraq in 2014 Nike Air Max 97 Undefeated Militia Grün Günstig , Finnish media reported.

The two men, now in their mid-20s, were arrested in December 2015, a few months after arriving as asylum seekers in Finland. Since then, they have been investigated on suspicion of taking part in executing 11 prisoners in June 2014 as members of the so-called Islamic State militant group.

During the trial starting in December 2016, defense lawyers argued that the key evidence Nike Air Max 97 Undefeated Sail Weiß Kaufen , images from an IS propaganda video, was unreliable, because it was difficult to identify the persons shown on the video. In addition, the lawyers said that the authenticity of the Iraqi documents was doubtful, according to Finnish national broadcaster Yle.

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