US commerce secretary: We're in trade talks with Asian nations to replace TPP

Joe Raedle/Getty Images The US has started trade talks with multiple countries in Asia to find an alternative to the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said. "We expressed a willingness on the US' part to indulge in bilateral talks with Japan" on a trade agreement, Ross told reporters at the annual SelectUSA investment conference in Washington, organized by the Commerce Department. "We've also had some very, very preliminary scoping sessions with some of the othe...