Deal Reached on Fast Track Trade Promotion Authority for Obama

The White House is a step closer to signing one of the biggest free trade deals in history, after US lawmakers have agreed on a bill granting President Obama trade promotion authority.

The so-called 'fast track' bill is seen as key to enabling Mr. Obama to complete the Trans Pacific Partnership deal with eleven other Pacific nations. 

Here's our Washington correspondent Lorna Shaddick.

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