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TPP nations approve Britain's accession

Japanese economic revitalization minister Shigeyuki Goto (front, L) shakes hands with Kemi Badenoch, Britain's secretary of state for business and trade, during a meeting of ministers from the Trans-Pacific Partnership member nations in Auckland, New Zealand, on July 16, 2023, after Britain officially joined the free trade pact.

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TPP nations approve Britain's accession

Ministers from the Trans-Pacific Partnership member nations gather in Auckland, New Zealand, on July 16, 2023. The 11 nations officially approved Britain's accession to the free trade pact.

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TPP nations approve Britain's accession

Ministers from the Trans-Pacific Partnership member nations pose for a photo after Britain officially joined the free trade pact at a signing ceremony in Auckland, New Zealand, on July 16, 2023. Kemi Badenoch (2nd from R), Britain's secretary of state for business and trade, attended the meeting.

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TPP nations approve Britain's accession

Ministers from the Trans-Pacific Partnership member nations pose for a photo after Britain officially joined the free trade pact at a signing ceremony in Auckland, New Zealand, on July 16, 2023.

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11 TPP states on verge of accord on implementing deal without U.S.

DANANG, Vietnam, Nov. 9 Kyodo - Japan's Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, who is in charge of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, speaks to the media in Danang, Vietnam, on Nov. 9, 2017, before a ministerial meeting between the 11 remaining signatories in the pact.

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Japan, U.S. resume talks on market access for beef, pork

WASHINGTON, United States - Hiroshi Oe (far L), deputy chief Japanese negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact, and Wendy Cutler (far R), acting deputy U.S. trade representative, meet in Washington D.C. on Aug. 4, 2014 to negotiate market access for agricultural products under Pacific Rim free trade initiative. (Pool photo)

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Auto talks with U.S. at crucial stage: Japan official

WASHINGTON, United States - Takeo Mori, who serves as Japanese ambassador in charge of economic diplomacy, speaks to reporters in Washington on July 18, 2014, after talks with Wendy Cutler, deputy acting U.S. trade representative. Mori said the two countries failed to make major progress in work on bridging gaps over automotive trade in connection with the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact.

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Japan-U.S. trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Oe (R), deputy chief Japanese negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and Wendy Cutler, acting deputy U.S. trade representative, shake hands before their talks on the Pacific free trade pact in Tokyo on June 30, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japan TPP minister in France

PARIS, France - Akira Amari, Japan's minister on the envisioned Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, holds a press conference in Paris, France, on May 6, 2014.

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Japan's TPP minister Amari

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of negotiations over the envisioned Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, speaks with reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 5, 2014, before leaving for Paris to attend a two-day ministerial meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Japan-U.S. TPP talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari, Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, answers reporters' questions upon arrival at Washington airport on April 16, 2014. Japan and the United States resumed their ministerial talks the same day, trying to make progress in protracted negotiations over tariff exceptions to a Pacific free trade pact.

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Japan-U.S. TPP talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Takeo Mori, the Japanese ambassador for economic diplomacy, speaks with reporters in Washington on April 2, 2014, after working-level talks with the United States on the envisaged Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact.

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Japan, Malaysia TPP talks

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Malaysian Trade Minister Mustapa Mohamad (L) and Koya Nishikawa, a House of Representatives member of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shake hands before their talks in Putrajaya on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on March 31, 2014. They agreed on the importance of the countries involved in stalled negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, including the United States, exhibiting "flexibility" toward each others' positions in order to advance the talks.

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Japan-U.S. TPP talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Hiroshi Oe, deputy chief Japanese negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, answers reporters' questions in Washington on March 12, 2014. He said Japan and the United States moved no closer earlier in the day to overcoming their differences regarding tariffs on Japanese farm produce, including beef and pork, that are an obstacle to the conclusion of a Pacific free trade pact.

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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)

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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)

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Anti-TPP protests

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - People demonstrate against the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact in front of the hotel where chief negotiators from the 12 countries involved in the TPP talks hold a meeting, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 23, 2013.

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Anti-TPP protests

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - People demonstrate against the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact in front of the hotel where chief negotiators from the 12 countries involved in the TPP talks hold a meeting, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 23, 2013.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Vietnamese Industry and Trade Minister Vu Huy Hoang (L) and Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, shake hands in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 23, 2013, the second day of the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact by 12 Pacific Rim countries.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Canadian Minister of International Trade Ed Fast (L) and Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, shake hands in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 23, 2013, the second day of the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact by 12 Pacific Rim countries.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, speaks to reporters in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 23, 2013, the second day of the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact by 12 Pacific Rim countries.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari (L), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, and Lim Jock Seng, Brunei's second minister for foreign affairs and trade, shake hands before their meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 22, 2013. Twelve Pacific Rim countries began the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact the same day in Brunei.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari (L), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, and Malaysia's International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed shake hands before their meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 22, 2013. Twelve Pacific Rim countries began the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact the same day in Brunei.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari (L), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, and other participants of the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact visit the palace of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei (R) in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 22, 2013. Twelve Pacific Rim countries began the talks the same day.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei (R) and Akira Amari (L), the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, shake hands at the sultan's palace in Bandar Seri Begawan on Aug. 22, 2013. Twelve Pacific Rim countries began the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact the same day in Brunei.

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TPP free trade talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, holds a press conference in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013. Twelve Pacific Rim countries began the 19th round of negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact the same day in Brunei.

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TPP talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Participants in a ministerial meeting being held during the opening day of the 19th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact pose for photos before their talks in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013.

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TPP talks in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - A ministerial meeting is held at the 19th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations for creating a regional free trade pact in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, on Aug. 22, 2013, the opening day.

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Japan, U.S. to cooperate for early TPP pact conclusion

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) shakes hands with U.S. trade chief Michael Froman in Washington on July 24, 2013. Motegi said he and Froman agreed to cooperate for an early conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact.

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Assistant U.S. trade representative

WASHINGTON, United States - Wendy Cutler, assistant U.S. trade representative in charge of Japanese affairs, speaks during a public hearing in Washington on July 2, 2013, on Japan's proposed participation in negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact.

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TPP talks

LEESBURG, United States - Barbara Weisel (2nd from R), assistant U.S. trade representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, speaks at a press conference after talks on the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership pact, in Leesburg, Virginia, on Sept. 15, 2012.

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Anti-TPP campaign in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People march near Hibiya Park in Tokyo on April 25, 2012, to demonstrate against Japan's possible participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership regional trade pact negotiations.

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Anti-TPP campaign in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A protest gathering is staged at Tokyo's Hibiya Park on April 25, 2012, organized by agricultural and consumer institutions opposed to Japan's possible participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership regional trade pact negotiations.

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Business leaders support TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuchika Hasegawa (L), chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, hands Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura a statement calling on the government to advance negotiations for high-level trade agreements, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership regional trade pact, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 25, 2012.

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Japan to join Pacific free trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2011. He announced the Japanese government's decision to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade pact talks.

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DPJ task force compiles proposal on TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiko Yamada (3rd from R, front), a lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks on Nov. 9, 2011, during a press conference in Tokyo after the party's project team compiled a proposal on Japan's stance on talks for a Pacific free trade agreement. Yamada, a former farm minister, is known for being a staunch opponent of Japan's participation in negotiations for the pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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DPJ task force compiles proposal on TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Seiji Maehara, policy chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks with reporters on Nov. 9, 2011, in Tokyo after the party's project team compiled a proposal on Japan's stance on talks for a Pacific free trade agreement. Maehara said that Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has the discretion to decide whether Japan should join talks for the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership pact.

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Anti-TPP rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Participants at a rally against Japan joining talks on a U.S.-led free trade pact, called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, raise their fists and chant a slogan in unison at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall on Nov. 8, 2011. About 6,000 people took part in the rally organized by farming and fishing groups and consumers' organizations.

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Edano takes part in online discussion on TPP

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano (2nd from L) takes part in the government's first online open discussion on the issue of whether Japan should join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, with Koichi Kato (2nd from R), chairman of the joint association of Seikatsu Club consumers' cooperatives, and others at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2011.

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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Campbell

TOKYO, Japan - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011, after a meeting with Parliamentary Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi at the Foreign Ministry. Campbell conveyed to Yamaguchi that the United States would like to invite Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba to Washington by the end of 2011 for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. According to a Japanese official, the two also discussed the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture and Japan's efforts in deciding whether to join talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact.

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Business leaders urge PM Abe to ensure Japan's TPP ratification

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe receives a request in Tokyo on July 13, 2016, from Sadayuki Sakakibara, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, alongside Akio Mimura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, urging Abe to work toward early ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact signed with 11 other nations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Economic minister Ishihara attends press conference

Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Nobuteru Ishihara attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 8, 2016, after the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved bills related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact. Ishihara has indicated he expects the pact will be brought into force. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese business leaders call for Thailand to join TPP

Akio Mimura (L), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Boontak Wungcharoen, chairman of the Thai Bankers' Association, attend a joint news conference in Bangkok on Feb. 2, 2016, after the one-day Thailand-Japan Economic Forum. Mimura said Thailand will be disadvantaged if it decides not to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ordinary Diet session to start

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2016, at the start of a 150-day ordinary Diet session. The domestic economy will be on the main agenda, following an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade pact. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't estimates new Pacific trade pact will lift Japan GDP by 2.59%

Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2015. The government said the same day it expects the TPP to boost Japan's real gross domestic product by 13.6 trillion yen ($115 billion) or 2.59 percent from fiscal 2014 in its first estimate since the deal was struck in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't estimates new Pacific trade pact will lift Japan GDP by 2.59%

Akira Amari, the Japanese minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2015. The government said the same day it expects the TPP to boost Japan's real gross domestic product by 13.6 trillion yen ($115 billion) or 2.59 percent from fiscal 2014 in its first estimate since the deal was struck in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan "big partner" in TPP talks: former U.S. negotiator

Wendy Cutler, former acting deputy U.S. trade representative, gives a lecture in New York on Nov. 16, 2015, during an event at Asia Society, where she was recently appointed as vice president of the organization's Asia Society Policy Institute. Cutler said that Japan was a key ally of the United States in pushing the recently completed Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks and will benefit greatly from the pact. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo