COMMENT On June 13, 2013, the Malay Economic Action Council (MTEM) met with top officers of the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) - the lead ministry coordinating Malaysian negotiators in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement talks - expecting to be given the ministry's reply to 16 questions and concerns that MTEM had raised in an earlier meeting on the TPPA and its potential impact on Malaysia and Malaysians.