Picture provided by the Office of the United States Trade Representative shows trade ministers from the 12 Pacific Rim countries posing for a group photo during negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Atlanta, the United States, on Oct. 1, 2015. Trade ministers of the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim countries on Wednesday gathered in Atlanta in another attempt to conclude the ambitious trade deal, with outstanding thorny issues increasingly embroiled into political campaigns in Canada and the United States. (Xinhua)
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Latin American countries have their voices heard at latest TPP negotiations
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- In the latest round of negotiations seen as being make-or-break for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), representatives from 12 countries have been meeting in Atlanta, Georgia since Monday.
While every country at the table has seen its fair share of doubters about the value of the TPP, the three Latin American countries of Mexico, Chile, and Peru have been heard somewhat less than others. Topics such as extended patent protection periods for biotech drugs and trade barriers and local content regulations for cars and auto parts were major hurdles for the three. Full story
