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Negotiators Strive To Complete 'Technical Work' In Hawaii, Amid Skepticism

March 5, 2015 at 7:34 PM
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries are aiming to use the March 9-15 informal round in Hawaii to reach agreement on all outstanding issues except those that will go to ministers, but industry sources this week expressed skepticism that this goal would be reached, for several reasons. First, they noted that TPP countries had set this goal and failed to meet it at the Jan. 26-Feb. 1 informal round in New York as well as at previous rounds going back as far...


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