TPP Negotiators 'Making Progress,' Canada Says

Canada is "playing a constructive and important role" in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, International Trade Minister Ed Fast has said.

Nineteen rounds of TPP talks have now been completed, with the latest, in Brunei, concluding at the weekend. According to Fast, negotiators built on the progress already made. He explained that they focused on goods market access, rules of origin, investment, services, financial services, temporary entry, intellectual property, government procurement, and the environment.