New Zealand asked to co-chair TPP11 meeting during APEC

Vietnam, which is hosting the APEC trade ministers meeting later this month, has asked New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay to co-chair a gathering of ministers from the remaining 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership countries slated to be held on the sidelines of the APEC meeting, according to a statement from McClay’s office . The May 9 release, issued after McClay met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and trade minister Tran Tuan An, states that the two sides discussed “the...