Japan could trump the US on TPP with revised Asia-Pacific trade accord
Tokyo's search for alternatives could see it take the lead in variety of tie-ups with, or without, Washington
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A BIZARRE ritual, rather like formalising marriage with a deceased person, was enacted last Friday as Japan's Parliament ratified the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement - the same day that US President Donald Trump, who has struck what seems to be a lethal blow against the TPP, took office.
Japan's trade minister Hiroshige Seko raised a figurative glass to the spirit of free trade as the Upper House of Parliament stamped its approval on the TPP while minister-in-charge of negotiating the 12-nation pact Nobuteru Ishihara also pledged loyalty to the ideal of free trade.
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