TPP negotiators to convene in Japan in mid-July
The chief negotiators of 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries plan to meet in Hakone, the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa, in mid-July to discuss the future of the free trade deal without the United States, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported.
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The TPP was signed in February 2016 by Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam - covering around 40 percent of the global economy.
However, US President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of the world's biggest economy from the TPP soon after taking office in January.
