Asia-Pacific ambassadors voice support for keeping TPP alive, with or without the U.S.

Ambassadors from South Korea, Vietnam and Australia are keen to keep at least portions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership alive, even if it means moving forward with a regional agreement that excludes the U.S. and includes the eleven other Asia-Pacific countries, as well as others. At a March 7 event to unveil a report by the Asia Society Policy Institute on the future of economic integration in the Asia-Pacific, Australian Ambassador to the U.S. Joe Hockey said in opening remarks that...