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VN attends dialogue towards TPP signing

Updated : Fri, March 30, 2012,4:01 PM (GMT+0700)


Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Cuong underscored  
Vietnam’s determination to speed up the negotiation of the Trans- 
Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement at a dialogue between ambassadors  
of the TPP member countries and the US New Democrat Coalition, in the  
US on March 28.
This is one of the first official meetings between US congressmen and  
representatives of TPP member countries in the context of efforts to  
accelerate the negotiation to basically complete legal documents  
within 2012.
At the event, Ambassador Cuong proposed that the coalition support the  
US grant of General System of Preferences and recognition of Vietnam  
as a market economy.
The Vietnamese diplomat highlighted the dynamic development of the  
entire Asia-Pacific region with 45 free trade agreements signed in  
2010 and 84 agreements, including the TPP, are currently being  
negotiated.
Vice Chairman of the New Democrat Coalition Jim Himes stressed the  
importance of TPP and affirmed the coalition’s support of efforts to  
promote trade liberalisation.
Founded in 1997, the coalition now has 51 congressmen from big states  
of the US.
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