Levin Says USTR Willing To Discuss His Proposal For Reforming Minimum Standard

House Ways & Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) late last week said the Obama administration has indicated it is willing to discuss his proposal for narrowing the minimum standard of treatment in the investment chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). U.S. officials did so during a closed-door executive session of the Ways & Means Committee held last week on the investment issues and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in TPP that involved members from both parties, Levin said at...