Republican Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, locked in a difficult election battle with Democratic challenger Katie McGinty, announced in an opinion column Tuesday that he would oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation trade deal negotiated by the Obama administration that Congress is expected to take up after the fall election.

It is the latest blow to prospects for the deal’s passage, since President Obama is counting on Republican support to overcome Democratic opposition to the deal.

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