The TPP is the largest free trade agreement in history. Collectively the TPP economioes represent more than $27 trillion of GDP. It covers such diverse areas as investment rules, intellectual property protection and market access - for Mexico and Japans, the auto industry is imporant for us it is dairy. New Zealand's special agricultural trade envoy, Mike Petersen, is on Maui.
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