TPP Hangover; Sweetener Conference; Lago Vote Wednesday In Finance
As this week kicks off, the trade world is still recovering from a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ministerial that wrapped up last Friday in Hawaii without an agreement due to stumbling blocks on the auto rule of origin, dairy market access and protections for biologic drugs, even though negotiators made real progress on a range of other issues. The meeting ended with no concrete timeframe for trade ministers to meet again, although Japanese TPP minister Akira Amari said he and his...