IP, Labor, Textiles & Apparel Among USTR TPP Implementation Priorities

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has identified six areas that it plans to focus on providing technical assistance aimed at building the capacity of Trans-Pacific Partnership members to meet and enforce their obligations under the agreement, according to a report required under the fast-track law and transmitted by the White House to the congressional trade committees on June 29. The areas it identifies as priorities are intellectual property, labor rules, customs-related issues, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers...