Japan's minister in charge of trade talks said Tuesday that six countries will likely finish the domestic procedures necessary to ratify a regional free trade accord in November, paving the way for the 11-member pact to take effect early next year.Japan and the other 10 countries are keen to implement the pact, formerly known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership -- from which the United States has withdrawn -- amid rising trade tension, particularly between the United States and China."We can now expect that six countries will finish domestic procedures in November after listening to what each …READ FULL ARTICLE
