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Abe's Waning Popularity Could Hamper Ability To Conclude TPP: Expert

August 25, 2015 at 9:33 AM
The unpopular drive by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to reinterpret the country's pacifist constitution is sapping his government's political power, a development that could ultimately make it harder for him to conclude a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal, according to an Asia expert at Stanford University. Daniel Sneider, an associate director at Stanford's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, wrote in an Aug. 24 brief that the completion of TPP may "bog down" as Abe's political strength wanes. This is in part...

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