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11 TPP members to start talks concerning Britain's entry: Japan
The members made the decision in a virtual meeting of the TPP Commission, the group's top decision-making body, Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan's minister in charge of TPP negotiations, told reporters.
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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key ( right ), speaks to delegates at the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership ( TPP ) agreement in Auckland, New Zealand on Feb. 4. Trade ministers from 12 Pacific Rim countries including the US have ceremonially signed the free-trade deal. (SNPA via AP/David Rowland)
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he 11 members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership decided Wednesday to start negotiations for Britain's entry into the regional free trade agreement, a Japanese minister said.
The members made the decision in a virtual meeting of the TPP Commission, the group's top decision-making body, Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan's minister in charge of TPP negotiations, told reporters.
Britain filed a request in February to join what is formally called the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or CPTPP, the first accession application by a member outside the participating countries such as Japan, Australia, Canada and Singapore.
