TPP Next Steps Materialize With April CN Meeting, Ministerial After APEC

摘要

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries have mapped out a plan to advance the negotiations over the next two months that includes a meeting of chief negotiators April 23-26 in the United States and a gathering of trade ministers tentatively slated for late May, according to informed sources. The dates of the chief negotiators meeting have been confirmed but the exact location has not, these sources said. In contrast to prior informal rounds, TPP negotiating groups will not hold separate meetings in parallel to chief negotiators during the April 23-26 session, according to these sources.