In the absence of sound oversight,responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.

Obama said if elected his government would "harness technology to confront the biggest challenges that America faces".

The trade agreement itself does have labor and environmental protections, but we have to stand for human rights and we have to make sure that violence isn't being perpetrated against workers who are just trying to organize for their rights.

We may come from different places and have different stories, but we share common hopes, and one very American dream.

No black or white America-just United States of America.

The forces that divide us are not as strong as those that unite us.

On issues like Ukraine, on issues like Syria, we've had very significant differences [with Russia].