TPP 11 deal reached as Canada and Vietnam end holdout

Side deals will enact concessions needed to reach March signing

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Toshimitsu Motegi, Japan's economic revitalization minister, speaks about the TPP agreement in Tokyo Tuesday.

JUN YAMAZAKI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The final details of the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership to be signed in March have won approval from all 11 member states following concessions to such holdouts as Canada and Vietnam that will be spelled out in separate agreements.

The revised TPP covers 12.9% of the world's gross domestic product and 14.9% of global trade. Despite the U.S. withdrawal, the current agreement is still on par with Japan and the European Union's recently completed Economic Partnership Agreement. 

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