Leaked EU Labor, Environment Text For TTIP Has Placeholder On Enforcement

A purported leak of the European Union's proposal for a chapter in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) covering labor and environmental issues holds open the possibility that the EU could eventually agree to subject the chapter to a dispute settlement mechanism that would include trade sanctions as a penalty. The sustainable development text, leaked on Oct. 23 by The Guardian in conjunction with civil society groups critical of TTIP, does so by including a placeholder stating that "institutional...