Najib: TPP still alive despite Canada's absence from meet

Najib at a dialogue on the final day of the APEC CEO Summit in Danang, Vietnam on Nov 10, 2017. - Reuters

DANANG, Vietnam: The Trans-Pacific Partnership deal is still alive despite the unexpected absence of Canadian leader Justin Trudeau at the TPP-11 leaders meeting here on Friday.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who was among the leaders made to wait for an hour before the meeting was cancelled, was cautious in commenting on Trudeau's no-show, insisting that the agreement was still alive.