Free-trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama are on course to get final congressional passage as soon as today, more than four years after they were negotiated.

The Senate Finance Committee voted 18-6 yesterday to send the deal with Colombia to the floor, and advanced the South Korea and Panama accords by voice vote. The House Ways and Means Committee backed bills for the agreements on Oct. 5, and that chamber may vote as early as today.

Source: Bloomberg

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