Japan, U.S. see major progress in TPP talks but no deal reached

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman speaks to reporters in Tokyo in the early hours of April 21, 2015 after ending two days of talks with Japan's Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari on a Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal. Gaps over the biggest sticking points of agricultural imports and auto trade have been "substantially narrowed" ahead of their leaders' summit on April 28 in Washington, Froman said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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