<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=""><i class="">Please see the note below from one of our colleagues fighting TPP-11 about today's make-or-break moment in the negotiations. Please compose your own tweets to the Canadian Prime Minister and/or<b class=""> <a href="https://twitter.com/CouncilofCDNs/status/929001438994411520" class="">retweet this</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/citizenstrade/status/928988132808253440" class="">this</a>. </b> Thanks!</i><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class="">
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Apologies for cross-posting.</span></div><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Dear all,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Apologies for a no</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">n-NAFTA</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> email, but this will help stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)11 (ie without the USA) being concluded in the next 24 hours. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">It looked like the TPP11 was going to conclude this week at APEC in Vietnam (the trade ministers had agreed in principle, <a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Trump-s-Asian-visit/11-nations-agree-in-principle-on-TPP-Pacific-trade-deal" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: black;" class="">https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Trump-s-Asian-visit/11-nations-agree-in-principle-on-TPP-Pacific-trade-deal</span></a> (although the Canadian trade minister disputed this: <a href="https://twitter.com/FP_Champagne/status/928676059230371843" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: black;" class="">https://twitter.com/FP_Champagne/status/928676059230371843</span></a>). Then it was apparently all agreed but before the TPP11 leaders met, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau added extra demands: <a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/11/10/not-ideal-outcome-trade-minister-ciobo-says-tpp-talks-stalled-canada" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: black;" class="">http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/11/10/not-ideal-outcome-trade-minister-ciobo-says-tpp-talks-stalled-canada</span></a> (some report that the remaining issues to be agreed are better: environment, labour and indigenous rights). So the TPP leaders could not conclude the TPP11 because Trudeau stood firm.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">But a journalist is saying that Japan is still trying to get the TPP11 trade ministers to meet again in the next 2 hours to pressure Canada to agree so the TPP11 leaders can meet tomorrow (11 November) to conclude the deal. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">So </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">if as many Americans & those in T</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class="">PP11</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""> countries as possible can tweet your thanks to Canada's Prime Minister Trudeau NOW for not agreeing to TPP11, apparently that would help Canada hold the line in the next 2 hours and tomorrow: <a href="https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: black;" class="">https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau</span></a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/CanadianPM?lang=en" style="color: purple;" class=""><span style="color: black;" class="">https://twitter.com/CanadianPM?lang=en</span></a>. Eg that he's saved the lives of patients, or helped farmers afford seeds, or saved us from the ecommerce provisions, whatever message you have.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Thanks all, <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Sanya</span></p></div></body></html>