New Zealand Confirms TPP Chiefs Meeting In Atlanta, But Not Ministerial

The New Zealand government has confirmed that chief negotiators for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will meet in Atlanta beginning Sept. 26, but stopped short of confirming that it will be followed by a ministerial meeting. "New Zealand has been invited to, and will attend, a meeting of TPP Chief Negotiators starting on 26 September 2015," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) said in a Sept. 22 letter that responded to an official information request on the Atlanta meetings...