U.S. Worker-Aid Plan Is Casualty as Trade Deal Fast-Track Ends

President Joe Biden’s pledge to refrain from pursuing new trade deals is leaving a key training and assistance program for workers — who the administration says are at the center of its agenda — without a clear path for renewal.

Biden on July 1 officially lost Trade Promotion Authority, or TPA — the fast-track deal-making ability Congress delegates to a president — after he didn’t ask for its renewal.