A group of about 10 Japanese negotiators for Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, led by chief negotiator Koji Tsuruoka, left Japan on Tuesday to attend a meeting of TPP top negotiators in Washington.
In the run-up to the summit meeting in October of the countries involved in the TPP talks, "we will work to achieve real results," Tsuruoka told reporters at Narita International Airport near Tokyo.At their meeting, to be held for four days from Wednesday, the chief negotiators will speed up talks on 21 areas of trade, with an eye to reaching a broad agreement at the TPP summit in Bali, Indonesia, on Oct. 8.
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