ＴＰＰ 梅本首席交渉官「大筋合意へ着実に進展」 | NHKニュースを英語にすると
TPP = the high-level office level meeting by 11 countries participating in the Pacific Rim Partnership Agreement is closed, the Japanese Umemoto chief negotiator is reporter We acknowledged that the consultation has steadily progressed towards a broad agreement tailored to the APEC = Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Congress to be held in Vietnam next week.
At the meeting, work to narrow down the approximately 50 items requested by each country was done in order to freeze the items included in accordance with the withdrawal of the US claim.
After the closing, Chief of Umemoto, the chief negotiator, Umemoto said to reporters, "Some agreements have been formed and others have withdrawn freezing proposals, and we are narrowing down, We showed that consultation steadily progressed.
On that basis, Mr. Umemoto emphasized that the momentum towards a broad agreement including New Zealand, which had shown renegotiating schedule along with the inauguration of the new administration, is rising and is now working towards APEC at the administrative level I showed my thoughts on hastening consultations.
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