(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is making a five-nation swing through Asia this week during which he will reiterate that completion of an ambitious trans-Pacific trade pact by the year's end remains a top US priority.
Lew will visit China to discuss the results of a high-level Communist party meeting expected to unveil key economic reforms this weekend
Lew begins his trip in Japan Tuesday
He then travels to Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam, before visiting China
All those nations except China are in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which aims to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers
Finalizing such a highly complex agreement by year's end, a goal reaffirmed by leaders of the 12 participating nations last month, remains a tough task.
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