Leaked TPP Text Underscores U.S. Isolation In Environment Chapter Talks

Two leaked documents relating to the environment negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) reveal that the United States continues to be isolated on its key demands that the environmental chapter be subject to full dispute settlement and incorporate commitments that parties have made in multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). One of the documents -- which were published by anti-secrecy website Wikileaks on Jan. 15 -- purports to be a "consolidated text" prepared by Canada, chair of the environment negotiating group, that...