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U.S. hopes to release Pacific trade deal text in 30 days: Froman
Source: Reuters
Politics | Sat Oct 10, 2015 2:29pm EDT
U.S. hopes to release Pacific trade deal text in 30 days: Froman
The U.S. administration hopes to release the full text of a Pacific trade deal within the next 30 days, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said in an interview with CNN.
The United States sealed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with 11 trading partners this week, after more than five years of negotiations.
"The lawyers are working right now to finalize the text and to prepare it for release. We hope to get it out within the next 30 days," Froman said in an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, to be broadcast on Sunday, according to a transcript.
Under a timetable laid out by the U.S. Congress, the text of any trade deal should be made public 30 days after the administration notifies Congress that it intends to sign it. President Barack Obama can sign the deal 60 days after the text is made public.
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U.S. hopes to release Pacific trade deal text in 30 days: Froman
The U.S. administration hopes to release the full text of a Pacific trade deal within the next 30 days, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said in an interview with CNN.
The United States sealed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with 11 trading partners this week, after more than five years of negotiations.
"The lawyers are working right now to finalize the text and to prepare it for release. We hope to get it out within the next 30 days," Froman said in an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, to be broadcast on Sunday, according to a transcript.
Under a timetable laid out by the U.S. Congress, the text of any trade deal should be made public 30 days after the administration notifies Congress that it intends to sign it. President Barack Obama can sign the deal 60 days after the text is made public.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/10/us-trade-tpp-froman-idUSKCN0S40UK20151010
