It is not just President Barack Obama’s trade agenda that hangs in the balance. The Senate’s rebuff to his request for a vote on the fast-track negotiating authority also casts doubt on his “pivot to Asia”. The White House downplayed the defeat as a “procedural snafu”. It insists common sense will prevail. But the goal of enacting Trade Promotion Authority — an essential step to wrapping up both the Pacific and transatlantic deals — is starting to look arduous.
前途未卜的不僅僅是美國總統巴拉克•歐巴馬(Barack Obama)的貿易議程。美國參議院拒絕歐巴馬就「快車道」(fast-track)談判授權舉行投票的請求，也給他的「重返亞洲」戰略罩上疑雲。白宮將此次挫折淡化爲「程式混亂」。白宮堅稱，常識將會佔據上風。但獲得「貿易促進授權」(TPA)是締結跨太平洋和跨大西洋協定的關鍵一步，現在看起來實現這個目標有些困難。
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