The chairmen of the House of Councillors Diet affairs committees of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and main opposition Democratic Party (DP) held a meeting in the Diet building on Oct. 19 and agreed to set up a special committee to discuss a bill to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact and related bills on Oct. 21 in the Upper House.
Upper House TPP special committee to be set up on Oct. 21
- October 20, 2016
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- JMH Translation
- TPP, House of Councillors
