US to include Malaysia in Trans-Pacific trade negotiations

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Source: Agence France Presse

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President Barack Obama's administration will include Malaysia in trade negotiations aimed at creating a partnership with key nations in the Asia-Pacific region, the top US trade envoy said Tuesday.

US Trade Representative Ron Kirk notified the Congress of the administration's plan to include Malaysia in the ongoing talks in a letter addressed to the leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The administration had notified the Congress last December that it would enter TPP negotiations, viewing an agreement as "a means to advance US economic interests with the fastest-growing economies in the world" and as a potential platform for regional economic integration, he recalled.

The US trade representative noted that Malaysia was engaged in extensive domestic economic reform and there were still outstanding issues in negotiations of a bilateral free-trade pact.

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[awoke_in_2003]

1. yea...

another country we can outsource jobs to.