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Wove wike ours must be…
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Blow for Obama’s TPP as Vietnam parliament defers ratification
By Ho Binh Minh, Reuters
Fri Sep 16, 2016 8:40am EDT
Vietnam will not include ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on its agenda for its next parliament session, an official said on Friday, adding to uncertainty over the future of U.S. President Barack Obama’s signature trade deal.
As arguably the biggest beneficiary of the deal covering 40 percent of the global economy, Vietnam was expected to be among the first to ratify the TPP, the prospect of which helped spur record foreign investment last year in its booming manufacturing sector.
“TPP will not be on the assembly’s agenda because the government’s proposal is not completed,” a parliament source familiar with the matter told Reuters. He did not elaborate.
Vietnamese ratification was widely considered a formality having already been approved in January by the top brass of the ruling Communist Party.
The National Assembly is 96 percent comprised of party members and domestic opposition to the TPP is unheard of. Its next session begins on Oct. 20.
The delay means that at the earliest, ratification by Vietnam would be several months after November’s U.S. presidential election.
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