(VOVworld) – Chief negotiators of the US, Japan and 10 other countries began their new round of negotiation on the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement on Saturday in Atlanta, Georgia state of the US.

Ministers of 12 TPP negotiating countries at a press conference after the negotiation in Maui, Hawaii on July 31 (Photo: Xinhua/ VNA)

The negotiation was held prior to a ministerial meeting of 12 countries scheduled to take place on September 30 and October 1 in Atlanta. During the four-day negotiation, the participants will discuss remaining issues such as market opening, intellectual property, which were failed to be agreed in last negotiation in Hawaii in July.