Japan planning to resume TPP talks with US

Japanese trade officials are planning to resume working-level talks with their US counterparts on a free-trade pact. They'll try again to narrow their differences on key issues ahead of a ministerial meeting on the Trans-Pacific Partnership later this month.

Japan's minister in charge of TPP talks, Akira Amari, met US Trade Representative Michael Froman in late September. But they failed to agree on a tariff structure for 5 agricultural categories and auto parts.