U.S., 11 other countries to negotiate Americas Partnership ‘very quickly’

The U.S. will move “very quickly” to forge the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity along with 11 other countries that represent 90 percent of Western Hemisphere GDP, a senior administration official said on Thursday, offering the most substantive outline of the emerging deal ahead of a public unveiling. Initial APEP partner countries will include Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay and the U.S., a group of countries that includes two-thirds of the...