TPP

The approval for the plan has been made in about eight years since the government considered joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the CPTPP's predecessor, in 2013

India pulled out of the deal saying it wanted to protect service workers and farmers

TPP not losing momentum, Japan explore options to revive the pact without US, says Abe

Indian firms feared they would lose business if Trump ratified agreement with 11 other countries

Japan said it will try convincing Trump administration

TPP can not take effect without the US as its President-elect Donald Trump pledged to withdraw from it

It added that this is going to put US businesses and US workers at a disadvantage

United States President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says TPP is as good as dead without the US

TPP aims to cut trade barriers in some of Asia's fastest-growing economies and stretch from Canada to Vietnam, can't take effect without US