Countries involved in Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations ended an interim meeting on intellectual property rights without progress in Tokyo on Monday, due chiefly to a failure to resolve disputes between the United States and emerging economies.
In a bid to narrow down the key issues on which political decisions will be made at a ministerial meeting in December, the 12 countries plan to hold their next meeting as early as in November to discuss rules on patent and copyright protection, informed sources said.It was the first time for Japan to chair a TPP meeting since it joined the negotiations in July.
Source: NewsOnJapan
Source: NewsOnJapan
