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TPP Countries Push Back Ministerial To Mid-April; Plan Informal Round

February 19, 2015 at 9:19 PM
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries have decided to delay by one month a ministerial meeting previously slated for mid-March at which the U.S. and other key parties want to conclude the negotiations, according to informed sources. The location of the mid-April ministerial meeting has not yet been decided, they said. Under the revised schedule, chief negotiators and some working groups are slated to meet March 9-15 -- likely in the United States -- to try to make further progress on outstanding...

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