Inside Japanese politicsJapan cautiously explores possibility of US returning to TPP
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Yoshihide Suga wanted to discuss the possibility of the U.S. returning to the TPP when he met Joe Biden in April. © Reuters
YUKIHIRO SAKAGUCHI, Nikkei staff writer
TOKYO -- When Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga met with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in April, there was one topic he wished to broach even though it would be in vain, the possibility of the U.S. returning to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.