Consumers likely to reap only limited benefits from TPP due to US withdrawal

Japanese consumers are likely to reap only limited benefits from the 11-state Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free-trade agreement because the United States, a key exporter to Japan, has pulled out of the pact. Under the new agreement, tariffs on 95.1 percent of 9,018 items including agricultural...

Consumers likely to reap only limited benefits from TPP due to US withdrawal