Key facts about the TPP trade alliance
The Obama administration`s ambitious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) proposal would create a 12-country trade bloc covering about 40 percent of the global economy and bringing potentially far-reaching economic change to its members.
Jul 29, 2015, 09:12 AM ISTJapanese butter on the table in Pacific trade talks
Japan has been grappling with a severe butter shortage that critics say highlights a bigger problem with the country`s protected agricultural sector, a key sticking point in high-profile trade talks this week in Hawaii.
Jul 29, 2015, 09:11 AM IST