Business Groups Wary Of Forthcoming USTR Proposal On Tobacco In TPP

摘要

U.S. business groups are nervous about efforts within the Obama administration to table new, tobacco-specific language in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks that appears designed to further ensure that TPP partners can put in place regulations on tobacco products aimed at protecting public health. Business representatives say they have been unable to obtain details on the proposal the administration is drafting, even though several said they had the impression that new language could be tabled as early as the next formal TPP round, which kicks off May 8 in Dallas.