Keeping the TPP fire burning

Addressing trade allies: Vietnam Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, chairman of Apec Senior Officials’ Meetings 2017, delivering a speech at the senior officials meeting in Danang, Vietnam. — Reuters

It is not a good week to be in Danang, weather-wise.

It has been raining non-stop over the last five days in this central Vietnam coastal tourist town and no thanks to Typhoon Damrey, the weather is expected to be wet and gloomy throughout the week.