TPP - more on meeting in Asia
I'm seeing several sources on this now. This is definitely the issue for us to watch this week:
Kyodo News International May 10, 2014 1:27am
U.S. trade chief to visit China, Singapore for APEC, TPP talks
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman will visit China and Singapore from next week for events including negotiations on a Pacific free trade initiative, his office said Friday.
Froman's trip comes as the United States and 11 other Asia-Pacific countries have been working to reach agreement on the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership deal as soon as possible, after missing their deadline at the end of last year.
He will first travel to Beijing on May 15 to meet with Chinese government officials and take part in events in Qingdao including a two-day trade ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum from May 17 ...
More here: (nothing really substantive - but just the fact that they are meeting is worrying enough): http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/140510/us-trade-chief-visit-china-singapore-apec-tpp-talks
