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Mexico invited to join TPP; Canada expected to also join
Story Date: 6/20/2012
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Source: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE, 6/19/12
On Monday, President Barak Obama announced that the United States and the eight other countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement have extended an invitation to Mexico to join the TPP negotiations, pending successful conclusion of their domestic procedures. In addition to the United States, the current TPP countries are Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. Canada, which had balked at conditions attached to their invitation to join, has reportedly worked out an acceptable agreement that will allow them to enter the trade talks. An announcement confirming Canada's inclusion in the TPP is expected this afternoon. |
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