TTIP aside, Republican sweep of Congress could spell trouble

Republicans have taken control of the US Senate from Democrats and increased their majority in the House, leaving President Barack Obama a little beleaguered with two more years left in the White House. On the biggest EU-US dossier of the day, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the change could be good for TTIP’s champions. Republicans will have greater ability to pass Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), giving Obama the fast-track negotiating authority that his own party has been so…