FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DECEMBER 4, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106, [email protected] Contact: Casey Hoag, 202-728-1832, [email protected] Two New Reports Show Trans-Pacific Partnership has Major Agricultural, Labor and Environmental Deficiencies WASHINGTON (December 4, 2015) – Several major deficiencies in the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact (TPP) – including failure to address currency manipulation or set in…
The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement has significant implications for the movement of workers to and from Canada, with experts predicting it will open the Canadian labour market to a new wave of foreign workers. [by Louise Elliott | November 29, 2015 | CBC News ] That influx may or may not be offset by increased…
An aide for Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) this week cautioned business representatives against making a strong push for quick congressional passage of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal, which he said must be considered with deliberation, according to informed sources. Inside U.S. Trade | December 3, 2105 The aide made clear…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2015Contact: Paola Masman 202 688 5145, [email protected] Global WTO Tribunal Overrules Congress on Food Labeling, $1 Billion Sanctions Washington, D.C.- Today, a World Trade Organization (WTO) tribunal authorized over $1 billion in sanctions against the U.S., in retaliation for the congressionally passed Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) law being “incompliant…
