CPTPP

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

US trade chief eyes bilateral ministerial TPP talks in weeks
US trade chief Michael Froman plans to hold meetings with his counterparts from countries involved in negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade initiative in the coming weeks, his office said Wednesday.
550+ US groups reject fast-track trade promotion authority
Nearly 600 US organizations led by the Sierra Club, AFL-CIO, the Communications Workers of America, the Citizens Trade Campaign, and Public Citizen sent a letter to Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) firmly rejecting fast-track trade promotion authority and calling for a new system for negotiating and implementing trade agreements.
Small countries no say on trade pact
A recent report shows that small countries eager to join mega-regionals trade deals like the TPP could dock into the agreement but they would not have much say.
TPP nations kick off fresh officials meeting in Vietnam
Senior officials from 12 countries involved in the Pacific Rim free trade initiative began a fresh round of negotiations in Hanoi on Monday, aiming to clear a path for a broad agreement within this year.
Why the US struggles against Japan in TPP negotiations
Historically, outside pressure (gaiatsu) from the United States has been effective in prising open Japanese markets in both bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations. Why is it not working now?
Registered lobbyists elbow their way back into TPP committees
New relaxed rules on lobbyists mean that Hollywood will now be able to exercise their influence on US trade policy more than ever.
Plundering the planet: Rigged corporate “free trade partnerships” and “climate change agreements”
What do rigged corporate trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Paris Treaty, an international climate agreement to be signed in 2015, have in common?
The corporate free trade project reloaded
Twenty years after NAFTA, the US and EU are making a renewed push for global free trade. But today the South is better able to resist such a project.
Philippines: TPP technical consultations wrapped up by yearend
The Philippine government aims to finish technical consultations with member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by the end of the year before it can decide whether the Philippines will participate in the regional free trade agreement, an official said.
War of the FTAs
As an exhausted World Trade Organisation struggles, expect a war of FTAs as rich countries hit back with new trade regimes under TPP and TTIP while emerging markets build the RCEP