Diplomatic Circles

Despite APEC kerfuffle, Japan looking to make progress on new TPP deal, says new ambassador

It's impossible to 'satisfy everyone' when negotiating a trade deal, says Ambassador Kimihiro Ishikane.

Kimihiro Ishikane presented his credentials on Nov. 20 as the new Japanese ambassador to Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Shruti Shekar

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

December 6, 2017

Japan's new ambassador to Canada says his country is “determined” to advance the so-called Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, despite trade “sensitivities." Although a basic agreement was signed—and renamed from the former moniker, Trans-Pacific Partnership—on Nov. 1...

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