Japan and Mexico threw in the towel Thursday, failing to strike a bilateral free-trade agreement after a four-day marathon of ministerial-level talks.
The failure bodes ill for Japan, which hoped to use a Mexico FTA as a gateway to similar agreements with other countries.
Although officials were quick to announce that negotiations were not over and that both countries were determined to continue talks, they were unable to say when the next meeting would be.
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