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Japan ratifies TPP pact despite likely US withdrawal

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12-09-2016 14:31 BJT

Japan has ratified the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free-trade pact aimed at linking a dozen Pacific Rim nations. The upper house of parliament voted to enact the deal on Friday.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is under strong criticism for forcefully passing TPP-related bills through the lower house a day after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency. The U.S. president-elect says he will take the U.S. out of the deal.

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