Cutler: Timing Of TPP Ministerial Hinges On Progress At Hawaii Meeting
Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler on Thursday (Feb. 26) signaled that a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ministerial meeting sources say is planned for mid-April has not been finalized, and that its timing will depend on how much progress negotiators make at an informal round taking place March 9-15 in Hawaii. “We envision the TPP ministers will be getting together soon … it has not been scheduled. We will need to see what type of progress our negotiators make so...