ITC To Remain Silent On NGO Request To Delay TPP Analysis Until Final Deal
The International Trade Commission (ITC) last week made clear it will not respond to a letter from the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) -- a group representing manufacturing, labor and farm interests -- urging it to refuse a request by U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman to begin its economic analysis of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) before he has supplied the text of the final deal. The group's Feb. 26 letter to ITC Chairwoman Meredith Broadbent also urged her to...