Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, held the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) meeting on the 15th chief negotiator closing. US-Japan bilateral consultations between the two countries still have not reached a substantive agreement, once again fruitless.
Before the meeting, the participating countries had hopes the United States and Japan, hoping the two countries can make progress on the negotiations, thus contributing to the other Member States to reach an agreement in the negotiations. However, differences between the U.S. and Japan are still serious negotiations to nothing again, the United States and Japan were high hopes "driving force" is being questioned. According to reports, 19,20 Ministerial TPP negotiations will be held in Singapore. Some analysts said the United States and Japan want a limited two days to solve intricate problems among all Member States, is extremely difficult.
However, as a leading country of the United States to negotiate, but to promote the performance of the Ministerial Conference held in particularly active, and hoped that Member States can make progress in the negotiations. In contrast with the United States, Japan and the prospect of an agreement in this bleak situation continues to hold ministerial talks negative attitude. Akira Amari, Japan TPP negotiations on appeal, said the person in charge, it is necessary to hold a meeting before the transaction level ministerial meeting, the meeting achieved under substantially the prospect of further negotiations ministerial consultations.
"Sankei Shimbun" reported that, although Japan Ministerial Meeting held TPP negative attitude, but eventually agreed to the convening of the meeting, which is largely due to the factors taken into account in the United States.
The reason for the United States dedicated to convene meetings TPP negotiations, TPP negotiators Japan speculated that "U.S. President Barack Obama during his visit to the Asia-Pacific appealed to obtain practical results on the TPP negotiations," but no real progress, just superficial form negotiations, the result has the potential to negotiate a settlement of the opportunity to become slim.