After the inauguration of President Barack Obama in January 2009 , the anticipated March 2009 negotiations were postponed . However , in his first trip to Asia in November 2009 , President Obama reaffirmed the United States ' commitment to the TPP , and on 14 December 2009 , new US Trade Representative Ron Kirk notified Congress that President Obama planned to enter TPP negotiations " with the objective of shaping a high-standard , broad-based regional pact " . On the last day of the 2010 APEC summit , leaders of the nine negotiating countries endorsed the proposal advanced by US President Barack Obama that set a target for settlement of negotiations by the next APEC summit in November 2011
2010 APEC summit
APEC Japan 2010
Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations