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Mnuchin has had ‘high-level’ talks with counterparts on rejoining TPP

By Jack Caporal  / February 27, 2018 at 2:34 PM
Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin has had “very high-level” discussions with his counterparts from Trans-Pacific Partnership countries on a possible return to the trade pact, although re-entry is not a priority for the U.S. today, Mnuchin said Tuesday. “For the moment our priority is some of the bilateral agreements that we’ve talked about; that’s really the priority. But I have met with several of my counterparties and other people and we’ve begun to have very high-level conversations on TPP. It’s not...

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