Japan’s Abe says Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks with U.S. are near ‘final stage’
TOKYO — Japan’s prime minister has affirmed his commitment to reaching a broad trade deal with the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations, even as Tokyo stands accused of refusing to budge on the thorny issue of agricultural tariffs. [by Anna Fifield | November 7, 2014 | Washington Post] The Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade…