Who would have thought, though, that China would be entering the TPP-debate fray?
For talking the TPP -- one thing that -- we believe that on the economic growth in the future, I think we need more growth.
The TPP -- the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement that I just met with the countries who are involved, we're doing some outstanding work trying to create a high-level trade agreement that could potentially be a model not just for countries in the Pacific region but for the world generally.
But there's one topic of the greatest importance that we'd like to share with you, and that is that the United States, together with the other eight countries that make up the TPP -- the Trans-Pacific Partnership -- have welcomed Mexico for it to join the negotiations of this initiative.
The President now seems to want both a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and a Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA).
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We also noted the development of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as a high-standard agreement, which will boost trade and investment and promote regional economic integration throughout the Asia Pacific region and beyond.
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Friday's meeting was an opportunity for the U.S. to gauge Tokyo's intent to join negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, a regionwide free-trade pact pushed by Washington.
And this region negotiating the TPP represents 26 -- of the world's GDP, 15 percent of exports and 12 of imports.
But they would also have to reconcile their differences, including over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a regional free-trade grouping which Mr Hashimoto supports but Mr Abe opposes.
Following the visit, the White House released a joint statement saying the two countries would continue negotiations over Japan's entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposed free-trade agreement between countries in North America, Asia and South America.
The two leaders are expected to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposal for a free-trade agreement between countries in North America, Asia and South America.
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) between the US and key Asia-Pacific economies is undergoing its next round of negotiations in a few weeks in Leesburg, Virginia.
The US also led the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations which currently involve four countries from Asean - Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam.
But most importantly, at this time of recession in some areas of the world, of a slowdown in others, the TPP, or Trans-Pacific Partnership, perhaps represents the greatest potential area of growth in an entire decade.
And in our efforts to liberalize this trade liberalization there is this issue of TPP, and our original intention was to make a decision on the negotiations -- our stance on the negotiation for a TPP in June.
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Now finally, as Japan applies to join the so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the cat is out of the bag.
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But progress toward conclusions on such vital issues as accession to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade liberalization agreement (which will require agricultural policy reforms) has stalled.
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We will continue to advance our ongoing bilateral consultations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and further explore how bilateral economic harmonization and the promotion of regional economic integration could be achieved.
So bringing them, I think, within the umbrella of TPP, and ultimately a broad-based trans-Pacific free trade agreement, is going to benefit our business in Japan but also our business outside of Japan.
Yet the only way the TPP can be a successful multi-lateral trade agreement is if stringent and enforceable intellectual property safeguards are put in place to ensure a level playing field among all partners.
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Currently, almost everything except labour mobility is up for liberalisation, making the TPP one of the most comprehensive free-trade treaties yet conceived.
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The pressure on Mr Noda to embrace the TPP has largely come from the big-business lobby, Keidanren, whose members have less to lose than their smaller, less globally competitive counterparts.
Within this context, I informed the President that Thailand will initiate negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, which will engage all stakeholders and undertake the necessary domestic legislative process to make it become a reality.
And then the TPP might become more than just another Asia-Pacific acronym that only wonks have heard of.
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During the past month, the Abe government committed Japan to joining the U.S.-sponsored Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations.
He added that the TPP is a key part of the Japan-U.S. alliance.
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