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TPP Text Needs Further Work After Japan; Release Not Expected For Weeks

October 29, 2015 at 8:57 PM
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) officials will not be able to finalize the text of the agreement by Oct. 30, when a drafting and legal scrub session is slated to wrap up in Tokyo, meaning the release of the final text is still several weeks away, according to informed sources. Two U.S. industry sources said they expect the release will not happen until around the Nov. 26 Thanksgiving holiday or later, although a source close to the negotiations said he believed the...

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