Moving toward a New Asia-Pacific Region

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http://watchingamerica.com/News/239033/moving-toward-a-new-asia-pacific-region/



Moving toward a New Asia-Pacific Region
Chunichi Shinbun, Japan
By Editorial
Translated By Courtney Coppernoll
18 May 2014
Edited by Gillian Palmer

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations are coming to a head. At a conference with President Obama, Japan and the U.S. jointly identified a path to agreement. Now, it'll take just a little bit more.

At the chief negotiators’ meeting in Vietnam, the two countries made progress in areas like intellectual property rights and the reform of state-run enterprises. The week of May 19, cabinet ministers will meet for the first time in three months.

Reaching a summary agreement here seems like it could be difficult, but the current momentum we have toward achieving that goal won't be lost. At a summit meeting between Japanese and U.S. leaders, the two countries went so far as delaying their joint announcement while, incredibly, negotiations continued all night long. Japan and the U.S. have demonstrated their strong determination to finalize negotiations.

We've Already Moved Past the Difficult Part of Negotiations

When it came to reporting the results of this summit meeting, there was a rarely seen divide among Japanese newspapers. The Yomiuri Shimbun wrote that a “substantial agreement” had been made, whereas a headline in the Asahi Shimbun read, “Goodbye Agreement.” This newspaper, the Chunichi Shinbun, reported that the “way forward has been identified.”

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1. Crap!

TPP is crap but I guess we will get it pushed on us.
Big business will be happy!