<p dir="ltr">Press conference reportedly now at 6:00 Eastern.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Arthur Stamoulis<br>
Citizens Trade Campaign<br>
(202) 494-8826<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">Ministers' press event expected at 4:00 Eastern. Livestreamed at:<br>
<a href="https://ustr.gov/TPP/Atlanta-Livestream">https://ustr.gov/TPP/Atlanta-Livestream</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">Two articles below...</p>
<p dir="ltr">Japan expects deal today in TPP talks</p>
<p dir="ltr">By Doug Palmer, Politico</p>
<p dir="ltr">10/04/2015 12:30PM EDT</p>
<p dir="ltr">Japan's minister for the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, Akira Amari, said he expects a final deal on the landmark pact to be announced today.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Amari said the United States and Australia had reached a deal on biologics, but some final tinkering was still needed. A U.S. official acknowledged before Amari's press conference that progress had been made in the difficult talks on the new class of drugs.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Final negotiations are also still needed in the dairy market access talks, Amari said, according to translation provided by a Japanese journalist.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Mexico: TPP deal expected today</p>
<p dir="ltr">By Doug Palmer</p>
<p dir="ltr">10/04/2015 01:07PM EDT</p>
<p dir="ltr">Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal said today that he expects ministers to announce a deal in long-running talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, adding to what appears to be growing consensus.</p>
<p dir="ltr">"We do expect a deal today, yes," Guajardo told reporters in a brief interview before meeting with Mexican private sector representatives to discuss the status of negotiations.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Mexico has been involved in hard-fought negotiations over rules-of-origin for auto, which several sources said appear to be nearly resolved.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The minister's remarks echo a prediction he made Friday night that a deal would come through this weekend. They mirror those of Japan's TPP minister, Akira Amari, who said today that he expects a deal after a breakthrough between the U.S. and Australia on biologics.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Arthur Stamoulis<br>
Citizens Trade Campaign<br>
(202) 494-8826</p>