USTR Froman to Pressure TPP Negotiation Conclusion This Week in Chile, Peru
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Michael Froman is scheduled to travel to Santiago, Chile and Lima, Peru from Feb. 3-5 to discuss concluding Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, the Office of the USTR said in a weekly schedule release. Froman also plans…
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to address additional bilateral issues with both countries, the release said. The Japanese and Vietnamese ambassadors to the U.S. on Jan. 29 called for conclusion of TPP negotiations by April (see 14013130). Froman also plans to meet with German Bundestag member Peter Beyer on Feb. 5 in Washington D.C. to discuss Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations, a USTR spokesman confirmed. Froman previously planned to convene with Danish Trade Minister Nick Haekkerup on Feb. 5, but that meeting is cancelled due to a Danish cabinet shuffle, added the USTR spokesman. All the summits mentioned are closed press.