US says to negotiate free trade deal with Malaysia
Reuters | Tue Oct 5, 2010
US says to negotiate free trade deal with Malaysia
WASHINGTON
Oct 5 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama’s administration notified Congress on Tuesday that it intended to begin free trade talks with Malaysia as part of a broader trade initiative in the Asia-Pacific region.
"On behalf of the president, I am pleased to inform the Congress that we intend to include Malaysia in the ongoing negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement," U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said in a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
(Reporting by Doug Palmer; Editing by Sandra Maler)
