U.S. Seeking Enforceable Labor Consistency Plans With Select TPP Nations

ATLANTA – The United States is seeking to subject to the regular dispute settlement procedures of a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement the “consistency plans” it is negotiating with several countries to identify the labor reforms they need to make in order to comply with the labor chapter of a final agreement, according to informed sources. U.S. trade officials have made clear in briefings with congressional staff and with reporters here that they want to make these plans subject to dispute...