Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): 14th Round of TPP Negotiations Set for Leesburg, Virginia -- September 6-15, 2012

Chief U.S. Negotiator Barbara Weisel speaks with a stakeholder at the TPP
Stakeholder Engagment Event in San Diego, California

The 14th round of negotiations took place September 6-15, 2012 in Leesburg, Virginia. On September 9, more than 250 stakeholders representing 93 groups from civil society, business, labor and regional development organizations spoke one-on-one or in small groups with TPP negotiators in a Direct Stakeholder Engagement Forum; 60 presenters also accepted the opportunity to give brief presentations on their views on key negotiating issues. That same day, U.S. Chief Negotiator and Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel and fellow chief negotiators briefed stakeholders and took questions on the substance and process of the TPP talks.

The next round of negotiations will take place in Auckland, New Zealand, December 3-12, 2012.

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