By Barbara Olejnik
Poultry Times Staff
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — the U.S. Senate has approved the "fast track" trade legislation, giving President Obama the tools needed to complete negotiations on a 12-nation trade agreement.
On June 24, the Senate voted 60-38 for the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation, which would allow the administration to negotiate a trade agreement to be presented to the Congress for an up or down vote with no amendments.
The House of Representatives passed the TPA legislation on June 17 with a 218-208 vote and sent the bill to the. . .
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