CPTPP

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

Papua New Guinea leader confident country able to join TPP deal
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister sees no reason why his country cannot become a member of TPP trade agreement.
Why TPP is a Canadian digital policy failure
The implications for digital policies such as copyright and privacy should command considerable attention. On those fronts, TPP appears to be a major failure.
Free trade: the hidden costs to our oceans and climate
With almost half of our carbon emissions and over 90 percent of our planet's warming being absorbed by the ocean, the cheap goods on our grocery store shelves might not be such a good deal after all.
TPPA debate: We need a free trade of opinions
There is a shaky YouTube video of our prime minister, John Key, explaining "the logic" behind the opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership during a visit to Oxford in North Canterbury.
What a new NAFTA complaint can tell us about the TPP
A coalition of U.S. and Mexican labor and civil society groups are taking an unprecedented legal approach to protect workers’ rights that will test the strength of labor protections in international trade agreements.
A first glance at the Investment Chapter of the TPP agreement: a familar US-style structure with a few novel twists
In broad terms, the agreement’s investment chapter looks familiar – particularly in relation to other recent U.S. investment treaties and FTAs.
The TPP SPS chapter: not a “model for the rest of the world”
SPS provisions in TPP will further weaken and possibly conflict with global standards setting bodies on food and plant safety.
Pacific trade deal could limit affordable drugs: world health chief
A massive trade pact between 12 Pacific rim countries could limit the availability of affordable medicines, the head of the World Health Organization said
TPPA vs tobacco control - the devil is in the details
Now that the whole text of the TPPA has been released, it appears the TPPA provides many avenues for the tobacco industry to thwart and frustrate government efforts to enact stronger measures.
How the TPP could change where your clothes come from
There's a reason President Obama made the case for the Trans-Pacific Partnership at Nike's headquarters: American clothing companies that want to manufacture their clothes in Vietnam are big winners in the massive trade deal.