TPP Countries Intent On Starting Legal Scrub Prior To Reaching Agreement

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries are intent on beginning a legal review of chapters that have already been closed prior to reaching a final agreement on the overall deal, according to informed sources. They said this move is unusual and aimed at minimizing the delay between the conclusion of the negotiations and the signing of the agreement, thereby allowing a speedier ratification by signatories. Sources differed over whether TPP countries had actually started the so-called "legal scrub", with one saying it...