Washington: President Barack Obama said his fellow Democrats, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, have been wrong and misleading in their criticism of the trade deals he is negotiating with Asian and European countries.

In some of his most blunt comments criticising his own party on trade, Mr Obama accused some Democrats of playing politics, a line of attack he usually reserves for Republicans.

US President Barack Obama. Credit:Reuters

"Democrats aren't adverse to making political arguments that aren't always entirely accurate," Mr Obama said during a roundtable discussion on MSNBC's Hardball. "Some of the information that has been getting thrown out there plays into legitimate fears that Democratic voters have, and progressives have, but it – it's simply not true."

The roundtable discussion with business leaders was part of an effort by the Obama administration to give momentum to an accord on bipartisan legislation to make it easier for the US to negotiate trade deals. Mr Obama is facing growing resistance from his fellow Democrats in Congress as he seeks to close a deal with 11 other nations on a Trans-Pacific Partnership trade accord, a top priority in his second term.