Can Canada join the trans-pacific partnership?

At home, statement from President Obama and the other this should involve re-evaluating the merits of TPP leaders at the summit is a commitment to continuing with the current constraints of supply- “continue talks with other trans-Pacific partners managed agriculture against the cost of weakened that have expressed interest in joining the TPP opportunities for East Asian economic engagement. [...] By contrast, participation in the TPP would (WTO) and US identification of the TPP as its provide enhanced and more secure access to a series flagship trade policy in Asia have accelerated the of markets recognized as gaining importance in pace and profile of the Trans-Pacific Partnership terms of global trade and investment linkages. [...] The US and Accession and the TPP New Zealand negotiators have made it clear that the TPP negotiating parties are not interested The original P4 Agreement encourages accession in adding new countries if it means lowering the but the rules for joining are not clearly defined.10 standard of the agreement (IUTR October 28, In the absence of more detailed guidance, the ad 2010). [...] The TPP framework creates strong incentives for The P4 is similarly brief on how to modify or states to get in early to influence the shape of the expand the agreement.11 The text does not exclude final agreement and to take advantage of the early the possibility that new members could enter under market expansion gains that accompany new trade differential terms or to carve out sensitive sectors, [...] It is reasonable to assume that in the withdrawal of the BHP bid.17 New Zealand would prefer to try to break down It is important to note that the sectors reviewed US resistance to dairy liberalization without by USTR were not of equal importance to the Canada standing alongside to support domestic United States.