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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">***MEDIA ADVISORY***</span></b><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><i class="">**Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. NZDT**<br class="">(Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. EST)</i></b></span><u class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><b class="">Trade Ministers to Sign the Landmark Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement in Auckland</b></span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times-New-Roman, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times-New-Roman, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Auckland, New Zealand</span></i></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""> - On Thursday, February 4 at 11:30am NZDT (Wednesday, February 3, 5:30 p.m. EST), Ambassador Froman will join trade ministers from New Zealand, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Peru, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, and Vietnam to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. The signing ceremony will be followed by a press conference.</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times-New-Roman, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">A live stream of the signing and press conference will be available on New Zealand's MFAT website: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001iZ_s7ffjjChdhJuQOOAuLtstwMsCNqqsKGA5Pi4Vy5XIxruIPR_XmFPGoHGYJyQgnryFlcabi10m0Y1-c8U9sHsJy9JvbX_oWtkiZssIUtNNitlQ2P_4qwyBuPloq85idFRBlpzCN_qRMzJ_vXh8S2wb4se_Afdxm7GBzNqyMgM=&c=hPtBsGrpGIl6Jsfe6fChffyEyvcimWh1f3RjPdn-OOsX9wxUQAhYrQ==&ch=KWtgHQfLuGrF6YeOaPrbJWd3BvCfvmbxmlfQkBPU_SLTSstrKFjJnA==" target="_blank" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: blue;" class="">https://www.mfat.govt.nz/</span></a></span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">.</span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class="">WHO: U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman<br class=""> TPP Trade and Economy Ministers</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times-New-Roman, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">WHAT: TPP Signing Ceremony and Press Conference<br class=""><br class="">WHEN: Thursday, February 4, 2016<br class=""> 11:30 a.m. NZDT<br class=""> (Wednesday, February 3 at 5:30 p.m. EST)</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times-New-Roman, serif;" class=""><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><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div></body></html>