TPP-11 leaders put deal back on track minus US


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 11 Nov 2017

Jayasiri (left) and Malaysian negotiators Burhan Irwan Cheong (lead negotiator for IPR), Aidil Tupari (Petronas legal advisor) and K. Arunan (lead negotiator for SOE and competition policies) who stayed back in Danang to confirm that the deal is on

DANANG: The Trans-Pacific Partnership among the remaining 11 countries is back on track despite a last minute no show of Canadian leader Justin Trudeau at a leaders' meeting on Friday (Nov 10) which threatened to derail the deal.

The agreement, minus the United States, will now be known as Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

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