<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=""><h3 style="widows: auto; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; line-height: 12.6pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; widows: 1; font-size: 12px;" class=""><font color="#cc0000" class="">Inside US Trade</font></span></h3><h3 style="widows: auto; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 3.75pt; line-height: 12.6pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 22pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; widows: 1;" class="">New Zealand Releases Final Legal Text Of TPP Deal</span></h3><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 12.6pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">January 25, 2016<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12.6pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12.6pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The New Zealand government on Monday (Jan. 25) published the English-language version of the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.tpp.mfat.govt.nz/text" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">final legal text</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and annexes of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), ahead of the formal signing of the agreement on Feb. 4 in Auckland. New Zealand serves as the depositary for the TPP. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12.6pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12.6pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">New Zealand Trade Minister Todd McClay announced the publication of the final English text in a press release, saying New Zealand would subsequently issue the Spanish- and French-language versions.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12.6pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12.6pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The final text was released after the preliminary version published on Nov. 5 underwent legal scrubbing. The release of final text will likely prompt stakeholders to take a close look to see if any substantive changes were made from the preliminary text.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12.6pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12.6pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">It is unclear if or when TPP countries will release legally scrubbed versions of the roughly 120 side letters that will be signed along with the agreement.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12.6pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12.6pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">As of early January, TPP countries had<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://insidetrade.com/node/151956" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">finished the legal scrub</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of the English-language version of the text and annexes, but were still working on the Spanish-language version. Canada, which is carrying out to the legal scrub of the French-language version, has not commented publicly on the status of that effort.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></body></html>