The LA Times has reported that Obama and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are on the same side in regards to a pending free trade deal between the U.S. and South Korea.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce received strong support from the president when the chamber kicked off its campaign for the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement on Monday.

The campaign’s opening was held at the Port of Long Beach with Han Duk-soo, South Korea's ambassador to the U.S., dozens of chamber representatives, congressional staffers and South Korean advisors in attendance.

The LA Times said that the trade deal, which would be the largest since NAFTA took effect in 1994, has provided close cooperation between the Obama administration and the chamber, whose relationship has been strained almost since the moment the president took office.