DANANG, Vietnam: Foreign and trade ministers of 21 Pacific Rim economies, including Malaysia, ended two days of meeting here with "a very good outcome" on open markets and other strategic issues. This, despite differing views on trade and protectionism, according to Vietnamese Trade Minister Tran Tuan Anh. Ministers of the remaining 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11), together with their respective chief negotiators, meanwhile, described their meeting so far to revive the multilateral trade deal as "very productive". International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed gestures as he leaves after Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks during APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam, November 9, 2017. The TPP-11 ministers had agreed to move ahead without the US at a meeting in Vietnam in May, but asked their negotiators to look at what might need changing ahead of the meeting here.

Source: New Strait Times November 09, 2017 11:15 UTC