TPP negotiations may resume in September 2
Talking with VnExpress about the TPP negotiation roadmap, Â Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, who is also the head of Vietnam’s negotiating team – Tran Quoc Khanh said that the parties are `making great efforts` to remove bilateral obstacles to
However, Mr. Khanh also said that he could not be 100% certain about a meeting schedule that would take place in September, and could not yet reveal the results of a recent meeting with the US Trade Agency to resolve a number of issues.
Mr. Tran Quoc Khanh – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade.
Previously, the topic of TPP negotiations was also one of the topics that received a lot of attention from experts when discussed at the Fall Economic Forum, organized by the National Assembly’s Economic Committee in Thanh Hoa yesterday.
Sharing at the forum, former Minister of Trade – Truong Dinh Tuyen said that the opportunity to conclude negotiations by the end of this year is still there.
Responding to Vietnamese press in the US earlier this month, Deputy Minister Tran Quoc Khanh also expressed his opinion that the Ministerial Conference could not be later than September because the US Administration would not have time to present the Agreement to their National Assembly in advance.
The first is to open the auto market.
Meanwhile, for Japan, automobiles are of special importance, so once they have had to make many concessions on agricultural products in exchange for opening the auto market, they will not accept to back down.
The second is to open the milk market.
Third is intellectual property.
