 "Trade ministers and officials from the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) member nations are seen at the signing ceremony in Auckland, New Zealand in this still frame taken from video on February")
The 11 countries committed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership are considering amendments to the trade deal, three sources said on Tuesday, as officials meet in Sydney for talks to re-energise the stalled agreement.
Among the areas being discussed, Vietnam has raised the prospect of changes to labour rights and intellectual property (IP) provisions in the original pact, one source familiar with the talks told Reuters.
Vietnam had been one of the countries expected to enjoy the biggest economic benefits from TPP through greater access to US markets.
However, the original 12-member TPP, which aims to cut trade barriers in some of Asia’s fastest-growing
