Americas and Asia sign Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement
(AGI) Tokyo, Oct 5 - After six days of negotiations, an"extended agreement" was reached among the 12 countriesparticipating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), announcedJapan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, after a meeting with hisEconomy Minister, Akira Amari. The Trans-Pacific Partnershipinvolves the United States, Japan, Australia, New Zealand,Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei andMalaysia. The agreement, which aims to create the world'slargest free trade area, was later confirmed by Washington'sTrade Representative, Michael Froman. The TPP, like the TTIPagreement being negotiated with Europe, is a project stronglysupported by U.S. President Barack