Obama Pushes Japan on TPP in Call with Abe, but No Indications of Progress
President Barack Obama pressed the importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in an Oct. 14 call with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the White House said in a press release, while declining to comment further on whether the two leaders made…
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progress in resolving TPP disagreements. "The president stressed the need to be bold in order to achieve their shared vision of a more prosperous and integrated Asia-Pacific region," said the statement. The U.S. and Japan have battled for the better part of 2014 over Japanese agricultural market access and auto issues in TPP (see 14100601)