“If it takes one more day, so be it.”He said the TPP countries agreed to suspend controversial provisions from the original TPP deal related to intellectual property. Trudeau’s office said Abe, co-chair of the leaders’ meeting, cancelled the event after his 50-minute discussion with Trudeau. The New Zealand Herald reported that Trudeau’s “no-show” had delayed TPP talks indefinitely. The 11 remaining TPP countries have been working to revive the deal, which was abandoned earlier this year by U.S. President Donald Trump. But they only clasped hands after someone in the room said: “Shake hands, please.”Canada and Japan, the two largest economies at the TPP talks, appeared to have different expectations ahead of Friday’s scheduled negotiations.

Source: National Post November 11, 2017 02:26 UTC