TPP Ministers Give Updates On Domestic Ratification On Margins Of APEC

Trans-Pacific Partnership ministers briefed each other on the margins of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum's trade ministers meeting on the status of their domestic ratification processes and agreed on two technical administrative issues related to agreement, according to informed sources and government readouts of the May 17-18 meeting. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman told ministers it is the Obama administration's goal to get TPP approval in a lame-duck session this year, and that a vote would not be possible...