Chief negotiators from the 11 remaining signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement started their three-day talks near Tokyo on October 30 to seek an agreement next week on the implementation of the pact without the US.
An overview of negotiation between 11 TPP countries in Tokyo in September (Source: the Japan Times/ VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – Chief negotiators fromthe 11 remaining signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreementstarted their three-day talks near Tokyo on October 30 to seek an agreement nextweek on the implementation of the pact without the US.
They gathered in Urayasu city in Chibaprefecture, seeking to make progress on reaching a consensus on which clausesto suspend implementing until the US returns to the deal.
While the negotiators aim to reach a deal afterrounds of talks on the sidelines of the upcoming Asia-Pacific EconomicCooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam in November, concern has emerged since newPrime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern suggested her administration shouldseek to renegotiate the pact.
Host country Japan wants to make minimal changesto the pact to keep its "high-level standard”.
Currently, there have been requests to freezeimplementation of 50 clauses, centering on those introduced at the request ofthe US, a Japanese negotiation source said.
The TPP was signed in February 2016 byAustralia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru,Singapore, the US and Vietnam, covering around 40 percent of the global economybefore the US’s withdrawal earlier this year.-VNA
Chief negotiators from the 11 remaining member countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal agreed to reconvene in late September in Japan, after three days of talks ended in Sydney on August 30.
Chief negotiators of the 11 remaining countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement began two-day talks in Tokyo, Japan on September 21 to discuss changes and freezes to parts of the deal following the withdrawal of the US earlier this year.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership nations have made progress toward a new free trade agreement slated for November following the US withdrawal from the pact.
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Negotiators from the 11 remaining signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact will hold a three-day meeting near Tokyo next week in pursuit of an agreement by November, the Japanese government said on October 24.
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An overview of negotiation between 11 TPP countries in Tokyo in September (Source: the Japan Times/ VNA) 
