WASHINGTON: The discovery of scores of graves in people-smuggling camps in Malaysia is casting a shadow over President Barack Obama's signature trade deal as US lawmakers consider punishing trading partners that are soft on human trafficking.
"This new information is very alarming," Democratic Senator Robert Menendez told Reuters, referring to the burials in the Southeast Asian country that is part of a massive Pacific trade pact that Obama wants to complete this year.
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