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TPP-11 ministers said to reach agreement in principle, but Canada's trade minister demurs

November 9, 2017 at 12:17 PM
Editor's note: This story has been updated to include Canada's reaction to the initial news of a deal. Ministers from the remaining Trans-Pacific Partnership countries have reached an agreement in principle on a deal, Japan and Mexico's representatives say – the culmination of months of negotiations after President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the accord in January – but Canada denied that a bargain has been struck. The Nikkei Asian Review reports that Japan's Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi...


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