Obama: US not 'bullying' Malaysia


Obama speaking at the joint press conference with Najib. - Reuters

PUTRAJAYA: US President Barack Obama has denied that Washington is 'bullying' Malaysia in the ongoing negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). 

Instead, he said, he himself was being bullied by his own (Democratic) party on the pact while protests against the agreement was more due to "people being fearful of the future or have invested in the status quo." 

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