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TPP Countries Move Ahead With Feb. 4 Signing; Legal Scrub Finished

January 7, 2016 at 9:36 PM
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries are going ahead with a plan to sign the agreement on Feb. 4 in Auckland, New Zealand, after completing the legal scrub of the English version of the deal, according to informed sources. Direcon, the Chilean trade agency, said in a Jan. 5 press release that TPP "will be signed this coming Feb. 4 in New Zealand." Some trade ministers have already made arrangements to travel to New Zealand, according to informed sources. But they cautioned...

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