Ministerial TPP talks begin with little progress on thorny issues

Ministerial TPP talks begin with little progress on thorny issues

Japanese Trans-Pacific Partnership Minister Akira Amari speaks to the press in Atlanta on Sept. 30, 2015, after TPP ministerial talks adjourned. Amari indicated there was little progress on the thorny issues of new drug patents, tariffs on automobiles and market access for dairy products at the end of the first day of the talks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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