Ex-President George W. Bush dips toe into U.S. trade debateDALLAS (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday entered the debate over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, hosting a forum at his presidential library extolling his successor’s Asian free trade deal. Bush, who signed several such accords during his two terms in office, met with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman before the event to promote the strategic benefits of the agreement. President Barack Obama is still pushing for Congress to approve the 12-country TPP following the Nov. 8 presidential election, even though both Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton oppose it.  Bush, who has largely stayed out of the campaign - in which Trump’s anti-trade rhetoric fueled his rise to the Republican nomination - did not attend the forum at the George W. Bush Institute in Dallas. “I’m very grateful for him welcoming me to this institute and having the institute host this important conversation,” Froman told the audience of largely business people after his meeting with Bush. “And I’m very grateful for his support of free trade as well.”  Ken Hersh, director of the Bush Institute, called TPP “a no-brainer on a whole host of fronts.”  The forum followed a similar event on Monday night in Houston where Froman enlisted the help of another Republican free-trader, James Baker, who served the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush as secretary of the Treasury and secretary of state, respectively. “Both major party candidates for the presidency oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. And guess what? They’re both wrong,” Baker, 86, said at the Rice University institute that bears his name. “I’ve often found myself in disagreement with President Obama. But on TPP I am with him, and I am with him 100 percent,” Baker added. In a speech at the Houston event, Froman emphasized the need for TPP as a counterbalance to China’s growing economic and political influence in Asia, citing its own regional trade deal and more assertive stance in the South China Sea.   “If we don’t act, it will create a vacuum. These economies aren’t going to stand still. Beijing will step in to fill the void,” Froman said.   At the Bush Institute, Susan Schwab, who served as George W. Bush’s last trade representative, said failure to pass TPP would mark an abdication of U.S. leadership. “There are countries out there that would dearly love to see the United States fall on its face by not enacting, by not ratifying this deal,” she said.     politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Ex-President George W. Bush dips toe into U.S. trade debateDALLAS (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday entered the debate over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, hosting a forum at his presidential library extolling his successor’s Asian free trade deal. Bush, who signed several such accords during his two terms in office, met with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman before the event to promote the strategic benefits of the agreement. President Barack Obama is still pushing for Congress to approve the 12-country TPP following the Nov. 8 presidential election, even though both Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton oppose it.  Bush, who has largely stayed out of the campaign - in which Trump’s anti-trade rhetoric fueled his rise to the Republican nomination - did not attend the forum at the George W. Bush Institute in Dallas. “I’m very grateful for him welcoming me to this institute and having the institute host this important conversation,” Froman told the audience of largely business people after his meeting with Bush. “And I’m very grateful for his support of free trade as well.”  Ken Hersh, director of the Bush Institute, called TPP “a no-brainer on a whole host of fronts.”  The forum followed a similar event on Monday night in Houston where Froman enlisted the help of another Republican free-trader, James Baker, who served the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush as secretary of the Treasury and secretary of state, respectively. “Both major party candidates for the presidency oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. And guess what? They’re both wrong,” Baker, 86, said at the Rice University institute that bears his name. “I’ve often found myself in disagreement with President Obama. But on TPP I am with him, and I am with him 100 percent,” Baker added. In a speech at the Houston event, Froman emphasized the need for TPP as a counterbalance to China’s growing economic and political influence in Asia, citing its own regional trade deal and more assertive stance in the South China Sea.   “If we don’t act, it will create a vacuum. These economies aren’t going to stand still. Beijing will step in to fill the void,” Froman said.   At the Bush Institute, Susan Schwab, who served as George W. Bush’s last trade representative, said failure to pass TPP would mark an abdication of U.S. leadership. “There are countries out there that would dearly love to see the United States fall on its face by not enacting, by not ratifying this deal,” she said.     politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: george bush dips toe trade debatedallas reuters former president george bush tuesday entered debate partnership hosting forum presidential library enrolling successor asian free trade deal bush signed several accords two terms office met trade representative michael roman event promote strategic benefits agreement president barack obama still pushing congress approve tpp following presidential election even though republican donald trump democrat hillary clinton oppose bush largely stayed campaign trump rhetoric fueled rise republican nomination attend forum george bush institute dallas i grateful welcoming institute institute host important conversation roman told audience largely business people meeting bush and i grateful support free trade ken harsh director bush institute called tpp whole host the forum followed similar event monday night houston roman enlisted help another republican james baker served administrations ronald reagan george bush secretary treasury secretary state respectively both major party candidates presidency oppose partnership tpp and guess they wrong baker said rice university institute bears name i often found disagreement president obama but tpp i i percent baker added in speech houston event roman emphasized need tpp counterbalance china growing economic political influence asia citing regional trade deal assertive stance south china sea if act create vacuum these economies going stand still beijing step fill void roman said at bush institute susan schwab served george bush last trade representative said failure pass tpp would mark abdication leadership there countries would dearly love see united states fall face enacting satisfying deal said politicsnews