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TransPacific Partnership trade negotiations resume in Atlanta

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Trade ministers from 12 Pacific Rim nations negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement pose for a group photo at a meeting in Lahaina, Hawaii on July 30, 2015. From left, Peru\'s Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism Magali Silva, New Zealand\'s Minister of Trade Tim Groser, Mexico\'s Secretary of the Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Malaysia\'s Minister of International Trade and Industry Mustapa Mohamed, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, Japan\'s Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari, Chile\'s Director General of International Relations Andres Rebolledo, Canada\'s Minister of International Trade Ed Fast, Brunei\'s Second Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Lim Jock Seng and Australia\'s Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Robb. Negotiations on the massive free-trade proposal will resume in Atlanta, U.S.A. today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Audrey McAvoy

ATLANT, Ga. – Negotiations on the TransPacific Partnership, a massive free-trade proposal involving Canada and 11 other nations, will resume in Atlanta, Georgia today.

Chief negotiators from the 12 countries, which have a combined population of 800 million people, will hold sessions through to Tuesday. And those meetings will set the stage for further talks involving TPP trade ministers on Wednesday, Sept., 29 and Thursday, Oct., 30.

Canada’s supply management system has been a significant sore point in the ongoing negotiations.

The United States and New Zealand, in particular, have been pressuring Canada to reduce its tariffs on foreign dairy products, which are among the highest of all TPP members.

Canada recently committed to increased imports of European cheese in a trade deal with the European Union, however, Prime Minister Harper has vowed that Canada will stand by its dairy producers in the TPP talks.

Japan, Australia, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Vietnam, Brunei, Singapore and Malaysia are the other TPP members.

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