Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Obama speaks at meeting of TPP leaders in Beijing

BEIJING, China - U.S. President Barack Obama (R) speaks as U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (L) looks on at a meeting of leaders of countries involved in negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade initiative held at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014. (Pool photo)

E

APEC ministerial meeting

BEIJING, China - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman attends the opening session of a two-day ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing on Nov. 7, 2014.

E

APEC ministerial meeting

BEIJING, China - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Trade Representative Michael Froman attend the opening session of a two-day ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing on Nov. 7, 2014.

E

Japan TPP minister Amari attends press conference

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese TPP minister Akira Amari (L) attends a press conference on Oct. 27, 2014, following a three-day TPP ministerial meeting in Sydney, Australia. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman is seen at right.

E

Froman, Amari hold talks

SYDNEY, Australia - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (2nd from L) holds talks with Akira Amari (far R), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, in Sydney on Oct. 27, 2014.

E

TPP ministerial meeting begins in Sidney

SYDNEY, Australia - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman delivers a speech at a meeting of trade chiefs from 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations in Sydney on Oct. 25, 2014. The three-day meeting which began that day is aimed at making progress toward a U.S.-proposed goal of reaching a deal by year-end.

E

Japan, U.S. fail to reach accord at TPP talks in U.S.

WASHINGTON D.C., United States - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (L) and Japanese economic policy minister Akira Amari fail to reach agreement during a new round of bilateral talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade scheme in Washington on Sept. 24, 2014.

E

U.S. retracts plan to scrap tariffs on auto parts under TPP

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari (front), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negociations, is surrounded by reporters in Washington on Sept. 24, 2014, after talks with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman.

E

Japan, U.S. fail to clinch bilateral TPP deal

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman leaves a conference room after a two-day meeting with Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, in Washington, the United States, on Sept. 24, 2014. They failed to clinch a bilateral agreement seen as crucial for working out a multilateral Pacific Rim free trade deal.

E

Japan, U.S. fail to clinch bilateral TPP deal

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, meets with reporters on Sept. 24, 2014, in Washington, the United States, following a two-day meeting with his U.S. counterpart, Trade Representative Michael Froman. They failed to clinch a bilateral agreement seen as crucial for working out a multilateral Pacific Rim free trade deal.

E

Japan, U.S. trade chiefs seek to clinch bilateral TPP deal

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, meets with reporters following talks with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman over the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative in Washington, the United States, on Sept. 23, 2014.

E

Japan, U.S. trade chiefs seek to clinch bilateral TPP deal

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, (R) and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman chat prior to their ministerial talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative in Washington, the United States, on Sept. 23, 2014. (Pool photo)

E

Motegi, Froman meet in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) shakes hands with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman in Sydney, Australia, on July 18, 2014, prior to their meeting. Motegi and Froman were in Sydney to attend a meeting of the Group of 20 trade chiefs to discuss global trade liberalization and cooperation against protectionism.

E

TPP talks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari (L), Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman are pictured during a joint press conference of participants after a ministerial meeting of the 12-country TPP free trade talks in Singapore on May 20, 2014.

E

TPP talks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (L) and Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, converse after a joint press conference of participants after a ministerial meeting of the 12-country TPP free trade talks in Singapore on May 20, 2014.

E

TPP talks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari(L), Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman converse before a joint press conference of participants after a ministerial meeting of the 12-country TPP free trade talks in Singapore on May 20, 2014.

E

Japan-U.S. TPP talks

SINGAPORE, Singapore - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (far L) and Akira Amari (far R), Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, hold talks in Singapore on May 19, 2014.

E

Japan-U.S. TPP talks

SINGAPORE, Singapore - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (L) and Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, shake hands before starting their talks in Singapore on May 19, 2014.

E

U.S. trade representative

NEW YORK, United States - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman attends a seminar in New York on May 14, 2014. Froman said negotiations with Japan about opening its economy as part of the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement have been positive.

E

Japan-U.S. trade talks

PARIS, France - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (L) and Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshimitsu Motegi shake hands ahead of their talks in Paris on May 7, 2014.

E

Japan-U.S. trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman heads to resumed talks with Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact negotiations, at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on April 24, 2014.

E

Japan-U.S. trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact negotiations, heads to resumed talks with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on April 24, 2014.

E

Japan-U.S. trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, leaves the Cabinet Office in Tokyo around 3 a.m. on April 24, 2014, after talks with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman.

E

Japan, U.S. to meet again on remaining TPP gaps Mon. in Tokyo

NARITA, Japan - Akira Amari, Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, speaks to reporters at Narita International Airport near Tokyo on April 19, 2014, after returning from three days of talks with U.S. Trade Representatives Michael Froman in Washington. They will hold a fresh round of talks on April 21 in Tokyo to try to bridge their differences over the TPP.

E

Japan-U.S. TPP talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Michael Froman, U.S. trade representative, answers reporters' questions after holding talks with Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, in Washington on April 17, 2014.

E

Japan-U.S. TPP talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, is seen after a press conference following talks with Michael Froman, U.S. trade representative, in Washington on April 17, 2014.

E

Japan-U.S. TPP talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari, Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, holds a press conference after a meeting with Michael Froman, U.S. trade representative, in Washington on April 17, 2014.

E

Japan-U.S. TPP talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari, Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, holds a press conference after a meeting with Michael Froman, U.S. trade representative, in Washington on April 17, 2014.

E

Japan-U.S. TPP talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Michael Froman, U.S. trade representative, heads for a meeting with Akira Amari, Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, in Washington on April 17, 2014. The two countries' trade chiefs continued to seek progress in protracted negotiations over tariff exceptions to a Pacific free trade pact.

E

Japan's TPP minister

NARITA, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, is seen at Narita airport near Tokyo on April 16, 2014, before his departure for Washington, where he will meet Michael Froman, U.S. trade representative.

E

Japan-U.S. TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's economic minister Akira Amari answers reporters' questions after the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman in Tokyo on April 10, 2014.

E

Japan-U.S. TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman answers reporters' questions after the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations with Japan's economic minister Akira Amari in Tokyo on April 10, 2014.

E

Japan-U.S. TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman arrives at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on April 10, 2014, to hold talks with Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, following their meeting the previous day.

E

Japan-U.S. TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, answers reporters' questions at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on April 10, 2014, before holding talks with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman following their meeting the previous day.

E

TPP meeting

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari (L), Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, hold a press conference in Singapore on Feb. 25, 2014, after 12 Pacific Rim countries wrapped up a four-day ministerial meeting on the envisioned regional free trade arrangement.

E

TPP meeting

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari (L), Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (C), end a press conference in Singapore on Feb. 25, 2014, after 12 Pacific Rim countries wrapped up a four-day ministerial meeting on the envisioned regional free trade arrangement.

E

TPP meeting

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari (far L), Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (2nd from L), hold a press conference in Singapore on Feb. 25, 2014, after 12 Pacific Rim countries wrapped up a four-day ministerial meeting on the envisioned regional free trade arrangement.

E

Amari, Froman

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari (L front), Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, holds talks with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (R front) in Singapore on Feb. 24, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

E

Crucial TPP ministerial meeting begins in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Akira Amari (L), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman hold talks in Singapore on Feb. 22, 2014. The two are in Singapore to attend a four-day meeting of trade ministers from 12 countries to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.

E

Japan, U.S. apart over farm produce, auto trade in TPP trade talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, speaks to reporters in Washington on Feb. 15, 2014, after talks with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman. The two sides moved no closer to an early conclusion of the TPP free trade pact. (Pool photo by Kyodo)

E

Japan, U.S. apart over farm produce, auto trade in TPP trade talks

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (L) and Akira Amari (2nd from R), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, hold talks in Washington on Feb. 15, 2014. The two sides moved no closer to an early conclusion of the TPP free trade pact. (Pool photo by Kyodo)

E

Japan, U.S. to hold high-level talks on TPP trade pact

NARITA, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, speaks to reporters at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 15, 2014, as he leaves for Washington to talk with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman to try to bridge bilateral gaps over the TPP.

E

Hayashi, Froman in Davos

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japan farm minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (L side, 2nd from front) and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (R side, 2nd from front) hold talks in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 25, 2014.

E

Japan TPP minister

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2014, after a teleconference with his U.S. counterpart Michael Froman.

E

China, U.S. hold bilateral commerce, trade talks

BEIJING, China - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (L) shakes with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang (2nd from R) while U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker (2nd from L) shakes hands with Chinese Agriculture Minister Han Changfu (R) at a meeting of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Dec. 20, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

E

TPP talks

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Yasutoshi Nishimura (L), senior vice minister of Japan's Cabinet Office, answers a question at a joint press conference in Singapore on Dec. 10, 2013, following the closing of a four-day meeting by ministers from the 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman is seen on the right.

E

TPP talks

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Yasutoshi Nishimura (L), senior vice minister of Japan's Cabinet Office, and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (R) attend a joint press conference in Singapore on Dec. 10, 2013, following the closing of a four-day meeting by ministers from the 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks.

E

U.S. trade representative

SINGAPORE, Singapore - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman is pictured on the third day of a multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade meeting in Singapore on Dec. 9, 2013.

E

Japan vice minister Nishimura

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Senior Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office Yasutoshi Nishimura walks after holding talks with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman in Singapore on Dec. 9, 2013.

E

U.S. trade chief Froman

SINGAPORE, Singapore - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman is pictured after holding talks with Japanese Senior Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office Yasutoshi Nishimura in Singapore on Dec. 9, 2013.