TPP: What opposing Democrats want
Obama was able to win the fast-track negotiating authority for the mega free-trade pact only because he had rare backing from the Republicans in Congress.
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THE United States Congress has now given President Barack Obama so-called fast-track negotiating authority to conclude the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the proposed mega regional free-trade agreement among the US and 11 other countries.
But Mr Obama's victory was not an easy one: Members of his own Democratic Party overwhelmingly opposed fast-track authority, which limits Congress to a single up-or-down vote on finished trade agreements, thereby ruling out amendments.
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