ELMAU, Germany — President Barack Obama’s politically fraught trade quest in Washington trailed him across the Atlantic on Sunday, as he met with world leaders anxiously watching a debate on Capitol Hill that could impact the status of economic pacts with the Asia-Pacific nations and Europe. The leaders spent more than an hour discussing trade issues as they opened a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven leading industrial nations.
If Obama succeeds, it would boost the prospects for Congress eventually ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact, a 12-nation consortium that includes G7 partners Japan and Canada. The other G7 nations — Britain, France, Germany and Italy — have a stake in a U.S.-European Union trade deal that is on a slower course.
