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Canadian officials denied Mr Trudeau had deliberately missed a meeting on TPP
Eleven Pacific rim nations including Canada are moving ahead with talks for a resuscitated Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
The fate of the talks was briefly up in the air after Canada was accused of getting the cold feet at the last minute and stalling an agreement.
Leaders from Asia-Pacific nations are meeting in Vietnam to push ahead with the massive trade deal without the US.
Canada's trade minister now says good progress has been made on a deal.
François-Philippe Champagne also denied that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had deliberately skipped a leaders' meeting on the TPP on Friday and blamed his no-show on a scheduling mix-up.
"There was never an intention to show up at any meeting," he said.
Mr. Champagne said Canada wanted more time to look over certain provisions in the agreement, including those related to the auto sector.
Mr. Trudeau said earlier in the week that Canada would not be rushed into a renewed TPP deal.
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The meeting was held during the Apec summit in Da Nang, Vietnam
As reported by Reuters, Mr. Abe told journalists on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) that TPP talks on Thursday.
The leaders of the 10 countries of the country arrived for a meeting on Mr Trudeau, who was in last minute bilateral talks with Mr. Abe, failed to attend.
Mr. Abe said that all the other leaders except Mr. Trudeau had been ready to confirm the ministerial-level agreement to move forward with the trade deal without the US.
Canadian Officer said Canada was not the only country that wanted more time to work through the agreement.
Effects to resuscitate the TPP trade deal include Canada, Australia, Chile, New Zealand, Brunei, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru and Vietnam.
President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the original 12-nation TPP agreement in January.
The bid to revive the TPP, which would have covered 40% of the global economy, was led by trade ministers from Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
