Obama-Abe Breakthrough Was U.S. Dropping Tariff Removal Demand: Sources

The key outcome of President Obama's visit to Japan last month that U.S. officials have touted as a "breakthrough" in bilateral trade talks consisted of the United States dropping its demand that Japan eliminate all tariffs on beef and pork under a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal, according to informed sources. President Obama personally delivered the message to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the U.S. would not insist on tariff elimination for these two sensitive products in TPP, sources said...