Twenty-One Senate Democrats Seek Release Of LAC Report Critical Of TPP
Close to half of the Senate Democratic caucus has urged U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman to publicly release a report submitted to the administration by an advisory committee of labor representatives that takes a critical view of how the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations are handling many key areas. The interim report, drafted last fall by the Labor Advisory Committee on Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy (LAC), criticizes the way the draft deal addresses issues such as the rules of origin,...