Japan's minister in charge of trade talks said Tuesday that six countries will likely finish the domestic procedures necessary to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership in November, paving the way for the 11-member free trade pact to take effect early next year.

Japan and the other 10 countries are keen to implement the pact, formerly known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, amid rising global trade tension, particularly between the United States and China.

"We can now expect that six countries will finish domestic procedures in November after listening to what each ambassador said about their situations at home," Toshimitsu Motegi, economic revitalization minister, told reporters after meeting in Tokyo with envoys of the 10 countries.