US President Barack Obama speaks to the press as he meets with business, government, and national security, from (L to R), former treasury secretary Henry Paulson, Ginni Rometty, Chairwoman, President and CEO of IBM, Ohio Governor John Kasich, former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, Obama, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis, to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 16, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMMNICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images