(VOVworld) – The US House of Representatives plan to soon approve a bill to hand President Barack Obama the “fast-track” trade negotiation authority, a step to accelerate the negotiation process towards the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. 

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner arrives at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington May 14, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

House Speaker John Boehner said in a memo to fellow Democrats that the House of Representatives would vote on a bill for Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) on Friday. If approved, the TPA bill will be a great success for President Obama’s administration, who considered the finalization of TPP negotiations with 11 Asia-Pacific partners a diplomatic priority in his second term. The legislation would enhance Obama’s negotiating clout by letting Congress set negotiating objectives for trade deals such as the TPP, but preventing lawmakers from making changes to the final agreement.