Congress is largely in the dark about what the administration has been negotiating in the TPP.
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U.S. negotiators should ensure that strong IP protections are a necessary prerequisite to any TPP agreement.
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There is even speculation that the TPP decision could result in a breakup of the DPJ.
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On the TPP, do we envision that at some point having China join that?
Joining the TPP says nothing about what Japan will accept in a final agreement.
Participation in the TPP would join the world's largest economy, America, with the third-largest.
Among other things, the TPP establishes strong, universal patent protections for innovative industries like technology and pharmaceuticals.
Under President Obama, the original seven TPP nations have grown to include Vietnam, Malaysia, Canada and Mexico.
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The new Prime Minister has yet to express an attitude toward joining the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).
And can you just kind of clarify how the U.S. see Japan's candidacy with TPP right now?
The TPP is widely viewed as the most significant negotiation currently underway in the international trading system.
Beyond its original seven members, the TPP has now expanded to include Vietnam, Malaysia, Mexico and Canada.
Joining TPP is opposed by most of his party and Japan's small but politically powerful farming lobby.
And how significant is the TPP for this region of the world and for the United States?
Japan's share of America's trade, at 5.6%, exceeds that of all the current TPP partners put together.
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Did the issue of timing of the TPP negotiations come up in the bilateral Prime Minister Noda today?
The President now seems to want both a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and a Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA).
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And then the TPP might become more than just another Asia-Pacific acronym that only wonks have heard of.
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Now finally, as Japan applies to join the so-called Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the cat is out of the bag.
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During the past month, the Abe government committed Japan to joining the U.S.-sponsored Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations.
And to Madam Prime Minister, what is the plan of the Thai government in pursuing TPP with the U.S?
Return to the overseas investment theme, which Mr. Smith of CLSA suggests is a significant underreported benefit of TPP.
The TPP was already as ambitious as any trade negotiation in the world.
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Mr. Abe surely hopes that joining TPP will open the U.S. gas spigot.
Who would have thought, though, that China would be entering the TPP-debate fray?
He added that the TPP is a key part of the Japan-U.S. alliance.
Though the TPP plans to scrap tariffs, that would be over ten years.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, is the newest legislation being fought over in the increasingly heated war for the internet.
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Not every nation involved in the TPP negotiations is as firmly committed to strong intellectual property protections as we are.
And this region negotiating the TPP represents 26 -- of the world's GDP, 15 percent of exports and 12 of imports.
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