HANOI -- Ministers from 11 countries participating in stalled negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, excluding the United States, met in Vietnam on Sunday to affirm "the value of realizing the TPP's benefits."
Meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation talks, the ministers agreed to instruct senior officials to discuss "options to bring the comprehensive, high quality agreement into force expeditiously," with a view to further progress in November.
