Mustapa in Atlanta for TPP talks but nothing concrete expected


Supporters and individual patients living with cancer protest outside the hotel where the Trans-Pacific Partnership Ministerial Meetings are being held in Atlanta, Georgia, Sept 30, 2015. Protesters claimed that the TPP trade pact that is being negotiated this week should not expand to drug monopolies that deny people life-saving and less expensive alternative drugs. - Reuters

PETALING JAYA: International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed arrived in Atlanta yesterday and went straight to a ministerial meeting of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations that may not see any concrete result this round.

Malaysia’s chief negotiator for TPP Datuk J. Jayasiri and his team from various ministries had been working round the clock the last three days and are now waiting for trade ministers from 12 TPP countries to narrow the gap on the outstanding issues that have bogged down negotiations.

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