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TPP-11 countries to sign a final deal in March; Canada, Vietnam strike side deals

January 23, 2018 at 4:28 PM
A year to the day after President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the pact, the 11 remaining Trans-Pacific Partnership countries have concluded negotiations in Tokyo for an agreement on their own, though some thorny issues have been pushed to side deals. “Today, I am pleased to announce that Canada and the 10 other remaining members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership concluded discussions in Tokyo, Japan, on a new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP),” François-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s...


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