The United States, Japan, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Peterson Institute for International Economics. Jeffrey J. Schott — June 25, 2014
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Over the past two decades, the United States and Japan built an extensive network of free trade agreements (FTAs) with countries in the Asia-Pacific region but did not move forward with bilateral talks. Japan’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) marks the first such venture.