House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) waved the white flag on Wednesday, telling her caucus she would support passage of a key measure tethered to President Barack Obama's broader trade agenda. Her support all but guarantees that the measure will succeed...

The Senate narrowly invoked cloture on fast-track trade legislation Tuesday morning, setting up a final vote Wednesday that will surely send the bill to President Obama’s desk for his signature...

For a political capital renowned for gridlock, there are times when Washington D.C. looks poised for too much action rather than for too little. This is one such time. [Written before the Democratic collapse.]

As noted last week, Congress played some games last week and was able to move forward on fast track authority in the House by decoupling it from Trade Adjustment Assistance. Before that, everyone had said that TPA couldn't move forward in the Senate...

The U.S. Senate has paved the way for the passage of Fast Track legislation, to give the White House and the U.S. Trade Representative almost unilateral power to negotiate and finalize secret anti-user trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...

The road to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a "megaregional" economic agreement at the center of the White House's current trade strategy, is paved with good intentions. Yet the TPP will likely not provide lasting solutions...