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Australian trade minister Farrell

Australian Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell speaks at a press conference after chairing a minister-level meeting of member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, dubbed CPTPP, in Melbourne on Nov. 21, 2025.

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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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TPP opponents stage rally in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Members of U.S. civic groups stage a rally in front of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in Washington on Dec. 8, 2014, protesting the lack of transparency surrounding the ongoing negotiations for the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership deal.

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U.S. Ambassador Kennedy talks with New Komeito's Yamaguchi

TOKYO, Japan - Natsuo Yamaguchi (L), leader of the New Komeito party, the junior partner in Japan's ruling coalition, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy shake hands at New Komeito's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013, prior to their talks. Kennedy asked for Yamaguchi's cooperation in securing an early conclusion to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks. (Pool photo)

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U.S. Ambassador Kennedy talks with New Komeito's Yamaguchi

TOKYO, Japan - Natsuo Yamaguchi (L), leader of the New Komeito party, the junior partner in Japan's ruling coalition, talks with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) at New Komeito's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2013. Kennedy asked for Yamaguchi's cooperation in securing an early conclusion to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks. (Pool photo)

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Expert speaks on TPP

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Kondo, head of the International Economic Agreements Study Group of the Society of Global Business, a Tokyo-based academic group, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2013. He said Japanese and U.S. leaders should take "bold decisions" toward an agreement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations after the 12 countries involved in the talks missed the end-of-year target for an accord.

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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 adopts TPP-related policy outlines

TOKYO, Nov. 25 Kyodo - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) speaks at a meeting with his Cabinet members at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2015, before they adopt a set of policy outlines related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal.

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U.S. TPP negotiator speaks after talks with Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Acting Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2015, after Trans-Pacific Partnership working-level talks with Japan.

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Japan TPP negotiator speaks after talks with U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Oe, Japan's deputy chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2015, after TPP working-level talks with the United States on agricultural products.

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TPP chief negotiator meets with reporters

NARITA, Japan - Koji Tsuruoka, Japan's top negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, meets with reporters at Narita international airport near Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2014, before leaving for Washington to attend a meeting with his counterparts from other TPP nations. He said it will be the key point if each country can demonstrate flexibility toward an early conclusion.

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TPP leaders fail to set fresh time frame

BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and TPP minister Akira Amari attend the meeting on the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative in Beijing, China, on Nov. 10, 2014. The leaders involved in the TPP talks did not fix a fresh time frame for the deal after it became unrealistic to strike a deal by the end of the year as originally proposed by Washington. (Pool photo)

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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)

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TPP leaders fail to set fresh time frame

BEIJING, China - Photo taken on Nov. 10, 2014, in Beijing, China, shows leaders of countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative attending the TPP meeting. They did not fix a fresh time frame for the deal after it became unrealistic to strike a deal by the end of the year as originally proposed by Washington. (Pool photo)

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Trade ministers from Japan, Australia talk in Beijing

Beijing, China - Akira Amari (2nd from R), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, and Australian trade minister Andrew Robb (2nd from L) attend their talks in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Trade ministers from Japan, Australia talk in Beijing

Beijing, China - Akira Amari (R), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, and Australian trade minister Andrew Robb shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Trade minsters from Japan, New Zealand talk in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Akira Amari (R), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks, and New Zealand's Trade Minister Tim Groser shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2014. They agreed to promote bilateral tariff talks in connection with the TPP.

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Trade minsters from Japan, New Zealand talk in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks, speaks to reporters in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2014, after talks with New Zealand's Trade Minister Tim Groser. They agreed to promote bilateral tariff talks in connection with the TPP.

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Trade minsters from Japan, New Zealand talk in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Akira Amari (furthest R), Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks, and New Zealand's Trade Minister Tim Groser (far L) hold talks in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2014. They agreed to promote bilateral tariff talks in connection with the TPP.

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TPP ministers see no year-end deal but agree to speed up talks

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Nov. 8, 2014, shows the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, where trade ministers from 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations met the same day. According to Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of TPP talks, the ministers failed to clear a path for concluding a deal by the end of the year as proposed by the United States, but they agreed to accelerate their talks as much as possible.

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Abe skeptical about Obama's future influence on TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) addresses a meeting of ministers related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014.

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Taiwan interested in participation in TPP, RCEP

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Yang Jen-ni, deputy chief negotiator of the Office of Trade Negotiations under Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs, gives an interview in October 2014. Taiwan has started contacting parties concerned to show its eagerness to participate in negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

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TPP ministerial meeting ends in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Ministers from 12 countries engaged in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade initiative hold a joint press conference in Sydney after their three-day meeting on Oct. 27, 2014.

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TPP ministerial meeting ends in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Ministers from 12 countries engaged in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade initiative hold a joint press conference in Sydney after their three-day meeting on Oct. 27, 2014.

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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.

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TPP ministerial meeting in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Akira Amari, Japanese Cabinet minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, speaks to reporters in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 26. Amari is in Sydney to attend a three-day TPP ministerial meeting that started the previous day.

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TPP ministerial meeting in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Trade ministers from the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiating countries, including Akira Amari (2nd from L), Japan's Cabinet minister in charge of the TPP trade talks, pose for a group photo in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 26, 2014, the second day of their three-day meeting.

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TPP ministerial meeting begins in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - People opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade initiative demonstrate in front of a hotel in Sydney where a three-day meeting of trade chiefs from 12 countries involved in the TPP negotiations began Oct. 25, 2014.

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TPP ministerial meeting begins in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - People opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade initiative demonstrate in front of a hotel in Sydney where a three-day meeting of trade chiefs from 12 countries involved in the TPP negotiations began Oct. 25, 2014.

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TPP ministerial meeting begins in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Trade chiefs from 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations meet 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.

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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.

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TPP ministerial meeting begins in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, attends a meeting of trade chiefs from 12 countries involved in the 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.

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TPP-related ministerial meeting held

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese ministers involved in talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade initiative attend a meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2014. It was held prior to the TPP ministerial meeting in Sydney, Australia, from Oct. 25.

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U.S. commerce chief hopes to reach TPP deal by year-end

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2014, expressing hopes for a deal to be reached on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement within the year.

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Abe meets U.S. commerce chief Pritzker in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014. Abe reiterated his willingness to conclude protracted talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.

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PM Abe says Japan determined to conclude TPP talks

MILAN, Italy - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech at a meeting of around 300 people, including business leaders, in Milan, Italy on Oct. 16, 2014. Speaking ahead of a two-day summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting in the Italian city, Abe expressed his determination to conclude the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks and reach a free trade agreement with the European Union.

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Japan's TPP negotiator speaks after meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Oe, Japan's deputy chief TPP negotiator, answers reporters' questions at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2014, after meeting with Wendy Cutler, acting deputy U.S. trade representative, over the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade initiative. Oe said the two sides "made progress" but there are "a pile of things we need to do."

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U.S. urges Japan to take "bold" steps in TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Wendy Cutler, acting deputy U.S. trade representative, answers reporters' questions at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2014, after a meeting on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal with Japanese representatives. Cutler said Japan needs to take "bold" steps toward concluding the free trade talks, noting that difficult issues remain between Japan and the United States.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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Japan, U.S. see little progress in TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Oe, Japan's deputy chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, speaks to reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014, after meeting with Wendy Cutler, acting deputy U.S. trade representative, over Tokyo's proposed exceptions for key farm products to tariff elimination under the Pacific free trade initiative. Oe said they made only very limited progress in their talks.

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Japan, U.S. resume bilateral TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Oe (2nd from L), Japan's deputy chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, and Wendy Cutler (far R), acting deputy U.S. trade representative, head for their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2014, over Tokyo's proposed exceptions for key farm products to tariff elimination under the Pacific free trade initiative. (Pool photo)

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Japan, U.S. resume bilateral TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Oe (L), Japan's deputy chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, and Wendy Cutler, acting deputy U.S. trade representative, shake hands at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2014, before their talks over Tokyo's proposed exceptions for key farm products to tariff elimination under the Pacific free trade initiative. (Pool photo)