TPP End Game Part II; TTIP Conference; Ex-Im Hopes; WTO Meetings
This week all eyes are on the city of Atlanta to see whether Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries can reach a deal, after taking a leap of faith to convene a ministerial even after failing to bridge differences on the crucial issue of automobile rules of origin. TPP negotiators started a round of talks led by chiefs on Saturday (Sept. 26), although some of the officials working on the legal scrub appeared to have arrived even earlier . The ministerial starts...