How impeachment helped push surprise progress on trade

Agreement on a new trade deal and a defense authorization bill show bipartisan progress is possible even amidst the polarizing effects of the impeachment inquiry.

Suddenly, Washington is getting things done in bipartisan fashion. And that’s in spite of – or perhaps because of – the thoroughly partisan effort to impeach President Donald Trump.

Democrats and Republicans, in Congress and the White House, are under pressure to show accomplishments as a politically tumultuous year draws to a close and the 2020 election cycle ramps up.

Now, as the dust settles...