On Monday, Trump said that his transition team was working on executive actions that would happen on the first day of his tenure, including a notice that the United States would be leaving the TPP.
Commenting on Trump's statement, Suga said that the Japanese government would not speculate about the future of the deal, adding that incumbent US President Barack Obama said earlier in the month that he would do everything possible to promote the significance of the agreement in the United States, the NHK broadcaster reported.
The TPP seeks to remove barriers to trade among its 12 signatories, which together account for 40 percent of the world's economy: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam.
The future of the TPP was put into question, after the victory of Trump in the US presidential election, earlier in November. During his presidential campaign, the US president-elect has repeatedly criticized the deal and expressed the desire to shift the focus from the global trade to national economic development in order to support the US economy.
