10 things you need to know today: October 6, 2015

Negotiators seal historic Pacific trade deal, flood dangers continue after South Carolina rains, and more

A truck and home swamped with floodwater near Florence, South Carolina.
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1. Historic Pacific trade deal reached

Negotiators from the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim nations reached a trade deal on Monday after years of talks. The Trans-Pacific Partnership is the largest regional trade accord in history, joining nations that represent about 40 percent of the global economy. The agreement is meant to help set global standards on commerce, worker rights, and pollution control, and to check China's growing power. Next, all 12 nations must approve the deal, which faces opposition from skeptics in Congress from both parties.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.