MEXICO CITY: Officials from the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries have extended negotiations on an ambitious and controversial trade deal in a bid to seal a final agreement.

In Atlanta, the US state of Georgia, trade officials were scheduled to wrap up talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement on Thursday, but have yet to patch up major differences in several areas.

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