Japan Seeking To Join July Round Of TPP Negotiations, Official Says

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A senior Japanese official this week said that current Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) members are planning to hold a round of talks July 15-25 in Malaysia and that Japan is pushing to participate in at least part of this round. Japanese Senior Vice Cabinet Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura told Inside U.S. Trade he would meet this week with Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis to discuss Japan's prospects for participating in the round. According to Nishimura, Japan will not be able to participate in the TPP negotiations until July 23, which is 90 days after USTR notified Congress of its intention to enter into new trade talks with Japan on April 24. While Japan has no prospect of participating in the next TPP round - which kicks off May 15 in Peru - it would like to participate in the Malaysia round, if only for the last three days, he stressed.