Senate Democrats handed Barack Obama a rebuke yesterday, blocking a bill granting him the congressional authority he needs to close a sprawling Pacific Rim trade deal at the centre of his second-term economic agenda.
The procedural vote to block the bill by 45 Democrats does not mark the end of Mr Obama’s push to gain the fast-track authority he needs to conclude the Trans-Pacific Partnership with Japan and 10 other Asian and Latin American economies.
But it will contribute to increasing frustration among the US’s negotiating partners.
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