The approval for the plan has been made in about eight years since the government considered joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the CPTPP's predecessor, in 2013
India pulled out of the deal saying it wanted to protect service workers and farmers
TPP not losing momentum, Japan explore options to revive the pact without US, says Abe
Indian firms feared they would lose business if Trump ratified agreement with 11 other countries
Japan said it will try convincing Trump administration
TPP can not take effect without the US as its President-elect Donald Trump pledged to withdraw from it
It added that this is going to put US businesses and US workers at a disadvantage
United States President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said the US will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says TPP is as good as dead without the US
TPP aims to cut trade barriers in some of Asia's fastest-growing economies and stretch from Canada to Vietnam, can't take effect without US