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Talks to salvage TPP on sidelines of APEC summit cancelled

Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press</span>
Published Friday, November 10, 2017 2:03AM EST
Last Updated Friday, November 10, 2017 4:28AM EST

DANANG, Vietnam - Talks towards salvaging a Pacific Rim trade pact this weekend lost steam Friday as several countries, including Canada, expressed enough concerns that leaders cancelled a scheduled meeting to discuss the deal.

The heads of the 11 countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership had planned to meet on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Danang, Vietnam.

However, the meeting was cancelled due to issues raised by several of the partners, including Canada, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office said.

Trudeau held bilateral meetings earlier Friday with two of his TPP partners: the president of Mexico and the prime minister of Japan.

Heading into the summit, some expected an agreement on TPP.

The 11 remaining TPP countries have been working to revive the deal, which was abandoned earlier this year by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Trudeau has said he's not going to rush into the deal unless it addresses the best interests of Canadians, despite pressure from some partners to move quickly on a revised TPP.

A senior government official says Japan has been one of the countries applying pressure on Canada to come to an agreement on an updated TPP.

Trudeau and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stood side by side and smiled for the cameras before their meeting. They only clasped hands after someone in the room said: "Shake hands please."

Then the men took their seats.

"When did you get in?" Trudeau asked.

"Yesterday," Abe responded.

Late Thursday, Trudeau's Liberal government flatly denied media reports quoting Japan's economy minister saying that a "deal in principle" had been reached on the trade pact.

International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne quickly disputed the report.

"Despite reports, there is no agreement in principle on TPP," Champagne tweeted late Thursday.

Champagne and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland were in the room for Friday's Trudeau-Abe meeting, which lasted more than 50 minutes.

Earlier Friday, Trudeau met Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto for about 20 minutes in the same room.

The men flashed big smiles and shook hands as they exchanged warm greetings.

"We've got lots to talk about," Trudeau said to Pena Nieto as they took their seats.

Later Friday, Trudeau also held a bilateral meeting with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Suu Kyi is an honorary Canadian citizen and Nobel laureate who has faced widespread international criticism for not speaking out against allegations of widespread state-led violence against her country's Muslim minority.

It was their first meeting since a crackdown by security forces that began in late August and has forced more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims into exile in neighbouring Bangladesh.

"(It's) an opportunity to talk about a number of issues, including the refugee situation and how Canada can continue to help in a situation that, obviously, a lot of people back home are concerned about," Trudeau said after shaking hands with Suu Kyi.

He added that he met earlier in the day with Canada's special envoy to Myanmar, Bob Rae, who visited the region.

Rae also attended the meeting, as did Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.

They met for about 45 minutes.

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