▁as ▁a ▁missed ▁opportunity . ▁In ▁a ▁feature ▁in ▁the ▁Fin an cial ▁Post , ▁former ▁Canadian ▁trade - neg oti ator ▁Peter ▁Clark ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁US ▁Ob ama ▁Administration ▁had ▁strateg ically ▁out man eu ver ed ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Har per ▁Government . ▁Wend y ▁Dob son ▁and ▁D iana ▁K uz man ov ic ▁for ▁The ▁School ▁of ▁Public ▁Policy , ▁University ▁of ▁Cal g ary , ▁argued ▁for ▁the ▁economic ▁necessity ▁of ▁the ▁T PP ▁to ▁Canada . ▁Emb ass y ▁war ned ▁that ▁Canada ' s ▁position ▁in ▁A PE C ▁could ▁be ▁comprom ised ▁by ▁being ▁ex cluded ▁from ▁both ▁the ▁US - orient ed ▁T PP ▁and ▁the ▁proposed ▁China - orient ed ▁A SE AN ▁+ 3 ▁trade ▁agreement ▁( or ▁the ▁bro ader ▁Com pre h ensive ▁Econom ic ▁Part ners hip ▁for ▁East ▁Asia ). ▁ ▁In ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁a ▁call ▁for ▁co - operation ▁between ▁the ▁W TO ▁and ▁Econom ic ▁Part ners hip ▁Ag re ements ▁( also ▁term ed ▁regional ▁trade ▁agre ements ) ▁like ▁the ▁T PP ▁came ▁after ▁Pierre ▁L ell ou che ▁described ▁the ▁sentiment ▁of ▁the ▁D oh a ▁round ▁negoti ations ; ▁" Al though ▁no ▁one ▁wants ▁to ▁say ▁it , ▁we ▁must ▁call ▁a ▁cat ▁a ▁cat ▁( fail ure ▁is ▁failure ). .. ". ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Canada ▁and ▁Mexico ▁announced ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁joining ▁the ▁T PP ▁negoti ations . ▁Mexico