APEP trade ministers establish labor, environment committees, set deadlines 

Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity trade ministers last week established committees on labor and the environment and set deadlines for senior trade officials to speed up their efforts ahead of an APEP leaders’ summit next year. During an Aug. 1 meeting in Quito, Ecuador, the trade ministers created committees dedicated to “Trade and Labor and to Trade and Environment, to ensure that the trade work of the Partnership will reflect these common values,” according to an Aug. 2 joint statement...