Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
19-Feb-2016
Rabble
Canada and Canadian businesses will be left to grapple with numerous different legal approaches and commitments to GIs arising from domestic rules, the various trade agreements, and side letters with one-third of TPP members.
18-Feb-2016
Khazanah Research Institute
International trade has been an important component in the economies of the Malay Archipelago. Despite this, the extent to which international trade affects our daily lives may not be fully appreciated by many of us.
18-Feb-2016
Antara
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has stated that Indonesia is still calculating the benefits and disadvantages of joining the Trans Pacific Partnership.
18-Feb-2016
A Gold Standard for Workers? The State of Labor Rights in Trans-Pacific Partnership Countries
A report by the US unions makes the case that TPP's labor chapter and consistency plans do not protect workers sufficiently and in a meaningful manner
17-Feb-2016
Scoop
New Zealand First is blasting the government for poor quality “free trade” agreements and exposing New Zealand farming to questionable Chinese investment.
17-Feb-2016
Thai PBS
The Swine Raisers Association of Thailand and other livestock groups yesterday protested against the country's move to enter the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement claiming that doing so would bring enormous damages to Thailand's livestock industry.
16-Feb-2016
The Jakarta Post
Indonesia could fall into bankruptcy if the biggest market in Southeast Asia join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which would allow investors to sue the government.
16-Feb-2016
The Nation
Thailand has decided to join the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). That will be the key message Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will deliver to President Barack Obama at the special Asean-US meeting.
15-Feb-2016
The Japan Times
A summit between Southeast Asian leaders and President Barack Obama is unlikely to deliver any big economic prizes, but will allow the American side to press the advantages of joining a Pacific trade pact that doesn’t include China.
12-Feb-2016
The Gisborne Herald
Free trade cannot be at the expense of a government’s domestic obligations, for example, its obligation to fulfil Treaty rights of Maori.