SYDNEY: Australia’s trade minister said on Wednesday the last negotiating stages of a massive Pacific trade pact were “very difficult,” with the deal more likely to fail when the US presidential election cycle kicks in.
Australia and 11 other Asia-Pacific countries have for more than five years been negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an agreement that would encompass 40 percent of global trade.
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