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TPP Drafting, Legal Scrub Continues In Tokyo; Few Details For Cleared Advisers

October 15, 2015 at 12:44 PM
Officials from the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries are drafting parts of the final text of the agreement and conducting a legal review of completed chapters at a meeting this week in Tokyo, according to informed sources. This meeting comes as the Obama administration is facing pressure from trading partners such as Canada, as well as members of Congress and stakeholders, to release the TPP text as soon as possible. The work in Tokyo also includes drafting one or two...

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