MANILA (AFP) - Negotiations to form the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade zone are in the "endgame", United States Trade Representative Mike Froman said on Sunday.
"Our negotiators are working even as we speak, working through issues. We hope to conclude it soon. We are very much in the end-game," he told reporters.
Asked about a timetable, Mr Froman said: "We agreed to conclude (the TPP talks) the moment that we have an agreement on an ambitious, comprehensive and high-standard agreement."
"The focus will now shift to the US House of Representatives when they come back from recess and we look forward to working with them to get it passed as soon as possible," he said at a meeting of trade ministers of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in the Philippine resort island of Boracay.
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