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Ministers from 12 Pacific Rim countries will meet in late September in Atlanta as they look to conclude years of negotiations on creating one of the world's biggest free-trade zones, negotiation sources said Thursday.
A meeting of chief negotiators from the United States, Japan, Canada and nine other member countries involved in the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership talks will begin from Sept. 26, followed by a two-day meeting of ministers from Sept. 30, one of the sources said.