Obama misleading public about benefits of free-trade deal: Report

The Obama administration is inflating the benefits of its free-trade deal with Pacific Rim nations by claiming falsely that it would deliver “tax cuts” to 18,000 products made in the U.S., a progressive watchdog group said Monday. The analysis by Public Citizen, which opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, said the U.S. exported goods in 8,687 tariff…