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A high-level meeting on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal will take place in Japan later this month.
The 2-day conference will be held following an agreement reached at a meeting in Vietnam in May, which was attended by ministers of the 11 parties to the TPP deal. The United States withdrew from the pact in January.
By making as few revisions to the deal as possible, the Japanese government hopes to reach a broad agreement before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November.
But government officials say that, while countries such as Canada and Australia are positive, Malaysia and Vietnam are cautious about implementing the pact without the US.
Published Date:2017-07-03