Taiwan bill marks new test in long tussle over trade authority

President Biden's approval of a bill formalizing a trade deal with Taiwan – accompanied by a pointed “signing statement” – opens a new set of questions in an old struggle over trade negotiating authority, analysts say, citing potential legal and practical challenges in the new law while expressing optimism that the executive and legislative branches will forge a way forward. The United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act, signed into law last week, codifies a limited pact...