WAIKOLOA, Hawaii - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper last week said his country will not be able to hold up the conclusion of a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal even if it is unhappy with some of the outcomes, and emphasized that Ottawa therefore faces some "difficult choices". At the same time, he stressed that Canadian negotiators are working to secure the best deal for the country. "There are 11 other parties around the table. They could decide they've reached an agreement whether we have or not," Harper said at a March 12 event in the Western province of Saskatchewan. "And so, we have difficult choices in this one, we have some areas where obviously we see great advantages for Canada, but others where there will be challenges. But we as Canadians cannot, alone, stop a deal from happening if we don't like it."
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