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Momentum is building for a US-supported free-trade pact in the Pacific aimed to serve as a counterweight to China's economic influence.
Japanese and US business leaders will adopt a joint statement urging Japan to take part in the existing four-nation trans-Pacific free trade agreement.
"On behalf of the president, I am pleased to inform the Congress that we intend to include Malaysia in the ongoing negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement," US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said in a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
There is no way to repair an agreement that is, by design, destructive of the public interest, write Christine Ahn and Martin Hart-Landsberg
South Korea and the United States are expected to hold minister-level talks next month to discuss sticky issues such as auto trade in their bilateral trade deal, sources said Monday.
Taiwan and the United States are likely to resume talks in the next few months on their Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) after a hiatus of three years, Washington-based US scholars said Thursday.
South Korea is waiting for a US proposal to resolve auto industry concerns over a free trade agreement but is confident of striking a deal before President Barack Obama arrives in Seoul in November for a Group of 20 summit.
“Cargill absolutely supports the free-trade agreements,” Devry Boughner, director of international business relations for Cargill, said today in a telephone interview.
The Philippines may have to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal if it wants a trade pact with the United States, a visiting American official said on Friday.
One possible outcome of the free-trade agreement between the European Union and South Korea is that terms such as "mozzarella" and "feta" are off-limits for US producers selling cheese to Korea.
