Japan's Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to ratify the world's largest free trade deal signed last year by 15 Asia-Pacific countries including China. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, covering a third of global trade and population, will become the "foundation of trade in Asia," Japanese trade minister Hiroshi Kajiyama told a press conference. "To establish a desirable economic order in the region through the steady implementation of this agreement, I hope that it will be approved by parliament at an early date," Kajiyama said, referring to the ongoing Diet session in Japan through June. The ... (full story)