Malaysia to Join U.S.-led Asia-Pacific Trade Talks
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Malaysia will join talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free-trade agreement under negotiation between eight countries that the U.S. is pushing to help its companies compete with counterparts in China and Europe.
“Malaysia, which is engaged in extensive domestic economic reform, has assured us that it is now prepared to conclude a high-standard agreement,” U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk wrote in a letter yesterday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat.