Amari Sees No Clear Prospect For U.S.-Japan TPP Deal At Present

SYDNEY -- Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), this week said that the United States and Japan have made progress in their bilateral talks but that he does not see at this point in time a "clear prospect" for the two sides to reach a bilateral deal on market access. Speaking through a translator, Amari said at an Oct. 27 press conference at the end of a three-day TPP ministerial that the U.S. and Japan...