<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(233, 233, 233);" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Wednesday, September 16, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 3.75pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.5pt; background-color: white;"><b style="line-height: 16.5pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px;" class=""><font color="#333333" class="">Inside US Trade</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 3.75pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.5pt; background-color: white;"><b style="line-height: 16.5pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 51, 0);" class="">TPP Countries Mulling Proposal For Late September Ministerial In U.S.</span></b></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.5pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Posted: September 16, 2015<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.5pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries are currently considering a proposal to hold their next ministerial meeting in the United States during the last week of September, according to informed sources.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.5pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.5pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The proposal, put forth by one or more TPP countries, came after the <a href="http://insidetrade.com/node/149770" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);" class="">meeting last week between</span></a> the U.S., Mexico, Canada and Japan to try to narrow their differences on the controversial issue of the automotive rules of origin, sources said. The fact that the proposal for a September ministerial came after the auto meeting indicates that the four countries made progress during their discussions, they added.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.5pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.5pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Sources said the proposed location for the ministerial meeting is somewhere in the United States but not New York, which is the site of the United Nations General Assembly that will bring together world leaders from Sept. 24-30.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.5pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.5pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">U.S. and Australian officials <a href="http://insidetrade.com/node/149714" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);" class="">made clear last week</span></a> that the next TPP ministerial should be the final one.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span></div></body></html>