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Obama visits Nike headquarters to campaign on TPP trade deal

12/05/2015
Obama visits Nike headquarters to campaign on TPP trade deal

Nike’s CEO, Mark Parker, said the company has intentions of developing “advanced manufacturing methods” and a domestic supply chain to support US-based manufacturing which would be helped by a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.

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