TRUDEAU'S ELUSIVE POSITION ON TPP

   Japan’s former ambassador to Canada has added his voice to those concerned that confusion over Ottawa’s position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership could affect the relationship between the two countries.
At last month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam, Trudeau’s decision not to attend a meeting of leaders of the 11 countries negotiating the trade deal — a meeting which the other countries expected would finalize an agreement in principle — “grated on Japanese sensitivities,”
   The 11 countries still walked away from Vietnam with an agreement in principle on a Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership — the deal renamed per a request from Canada.