The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a wide-ranging proposed trade agreement that could include more than 10 countries, has faced another test in the US Senate as legislation needed to close the deal returned for a second run through the chamber.
Opposition in the House of Representatives, where Democrats refused to renew a previously uncontroversial program providing aid to workers hurt by trade, has forced the measures apart again.
Senators will vote Tuesday on limiting debate on fast track and — if that vote succeeds — on the actual bill on Wednesday, before tackling a second bill extending trade benefits to African nations.