US Capitol Capsule: Obama closer on trade, but will biopharma get its way?
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
With the US Senate voting 62-37 on 22 May, President Barack Obama took a giant leap closer to gaining the fast-track trade promotion authority (TPA) he is seeking to more quickly wrap up the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations – a pact between the US and 11 other nations, which together make up 40% of the world's gross domestic product.