Official: Japan Willing To Seal Bilateral TPP Deal With U.S. In Absence Of TPA
Japan's deputy chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has made clear that Tokyo is willing to reach a bilateral deal with Washington on agricultural market access and auto trade before the U.S. Congress passes a Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill. "We are not taking a position that TPA is necessary for Japan and the U.S. to agree bilaterally," Hiroshi Oe told reporters on March 6 in Tokyo, according to an informal translation. "So I would like to close with...