WASHINGTON, D.C.: Top trade representatives of 12 Pacific Rim countries begin two days of talks in Atlanta on Wednesday hoping to finalize the ambitious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement after July negotiations in Hawaii failed.

The United States is pushing hard for the 12-country deal to create the world’s largest free trade region, hoping to lock in rules that global trade giant China would eventually have to heed.

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