CPTPP

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

Did Obama administration duck smoking issue in free trade talks? Sherrod Brown suggests so
US Senator Sherrod Brown is challenging the Obama administration's handling of the tobacco issue in the TPP
Trans Pacific Partnership might include international ban on GMO labeling
A burgeoning global trade agreement with nations such as Japan, Vietnam and Australia is leaving GMO-labeling advocates concerned that it could result in a ban on GMO labeling not only in the US, but in all countries taking part in negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement.
Replay: What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
University of Ottawa’s Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law, “decodes” the TPP for the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression
S. Korea considering joining TPP: report
South Korea has decided to join the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership and is studying the schedule and potential impact, a Seoul daily reported Monday, citing a high-ranking South Korean government official.
Dhaka keen to join a free-trade move
The government of Bangladesh has already taken up its desire to join the Trans Pacific Partnership talks through its embassy in Washington
TPPA goes into overdrive and underground
Moves to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement to the point of sign-off by the end of the year went into overdrive at the round just ended in Brunei, according to Professor Jane Kelsey. Remaining negotiations will be tackled through informal intersessional meetings.
US’s controversial TPP proposal is smoking gun for corporate agenda
Vietnam and other countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations face aggressive interference from Big Tobacco in the passage and implementation of public health policies, critics warn
NPPC, other organizations urge adoption of TPP principles
A coalition of agricultural and food organizations led by the National Pork Producers Council and Cargill sent a letter recently to urge U.S. trade negotiators to include its “core” principles for a final Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement.
Japanese farmers' opposition to TPP waning, Malaysian minister says
Malaysia's International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamad told Kyodo News, "The Japanese shared with us some issues they have in agriculture, but they told me that opposition is slowly dying down. It wasn't as serious as it was six months ago. In their view, it's manageable."
TPP sides set to keep food safety regimes
The 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations are unlikely to ease their individual food safety standards as the subject is not being discussed in the free-trade talks, negotiation sources said Wednesday.