The Death of the TPP
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s speech at the opening of parliament last week contained a notable omission – any reference to Japan’s joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. That seems likely finally to doom the pact, which has been in negotiations with various governments since 2005.
Japanese negotiators walked out on the negotiations o…
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