Japan's Amari: TPP member nations clash over intellectual property issue
Japanese Economy Minister Akira Amari said on July 31 each nation's interests clashed over an intellectual property issue and they could not reach a Pacific Rim trade deal.
He also said trade ministers from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks share a view that they will continue to make efforts toward an early agreement.
Amari made the comment at a separate news conference after the ministers failed to reach a TPP deal in Hawaii.