Peru's Lingering Labor Issues Raise Political Hurdles For TPP's Passage

Peru's lingering compliance issues with labor provisions in its bilateral free trade agreement with the United States would have no effect on the implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which has similar labor provisions. However, it could create political headaches for the Obama administration as it pursues a lame-duck vote on the TPP deal, sources told Inside U.S. Trade . Sources said there is no language in TPP legally linking Peru's compliance under its existing bilateral FTA to the passage and...