USTR Accepting Public Comment on TPP Employment Impact Review

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is accepting public comments on its plan to initiate—with the Labor Department and through the Trade Policy Staff Committee—an employment impact review of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on U.S. employment and labor markets (here). Written comments are due Jan. 13. Specifically, USTR is asking for comments on potentially significant sectoral or regional employment impacts in the U.S. and other likely labor market impacts of the TPP.