Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations Continue in Singapore

Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/26/2013 - 23:40

The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, today highlighted progress made at a successful meeting with trade ministers from the countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...

TPP ministers made good progress in Singapore, identifying potential outcomes for key outstanding areas of the text and agreeing to continue work to conclude market access negotiations.

Twelve countries are currently participating in the TPP negotiations: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam...

For more information, please visit Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement Negotiations at http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/tpp-ptp/info.aspx?lang=eng.

This has been excerpted from 10 December 2013 news release by FATDC, and is available in its entirety at: http://www.international.gc.ca/media/comm/news-communiques/2013/12/10c.aspx?lang=eng.