"We weren't ready to close it yesterday," Trudeau told reporters at the closing news conference for the APEC summit in Vietnam. Trudeau and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had bilateral talks immediately before that planned meeting. Indeed, since his arrival in Vietnam, Trudeau has said he wouldn't cave to "pressure" from others, telegraphing that Canada did not have its pen in hand heading into Danang, the site of the APEC conference. (Na-Son Nguyen/AP Photo)The original agreement — the so-called TPP12 — is being renegotiated now after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew America in January. Japan, a major exporter of autos, has sought to keep the terms of the original deal despite Canada's opposition.

Source: CBC News November 11, 2017 13:43 UTC