CHINA ‘BECOMING POSITIVE’ ON TPP TRADE PACT AFTER JAPAN JOINS

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July 3, 2013

BEIJING – China’s Ministry of Commerce has said the Government’s opinion is becoming ‘positive' toward the US-led Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), although it will take time for China to become a member. The US launched the TPP in 2010 in an attempt to strengthen trade relations with the Asia-Pacific region, with the TPP including 11 countries including Canada, Peru Vietnam, New Zealand and Japan.