SINGAPORE: Asia-Pacific countries negotiating a vast free-trade pact are “nearing completion” of a landmark agreement, US Secretary of State John Kerry said, days after delegates failed to seal the deal in Hawaii.
Kerry said the 12 countries including the US and Japan negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) had made good progress on reaching an accord following talks that ended on Friday in Maui, but “as with any complex negotiation ... there remains details to be hashed out”.
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