CPTPP

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

Bilateral trade deals 'more realistic' option: Mustapa
In the absence of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, bilateral trade agreements with trading partners would be a ‘doable and more realistic’ option for Malaysia, International Trade and Industry Minister said.
Why are my highly educated friends so ignorant about trade?
Local Futures' Isabel Marlens discusses why many people know so little about trade issues, and what can be done about it.
U.S. urged Japan to refer to bilateral FTA in joint statement: sources
In drafting a joint statement for release after the summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump, Washington urged Tokyo to refer to signing a bilateral free trade agreement.
Beef industry talks possible trade deals
The U.S. beef herd is expanding and the industry wants export market access to grow as well.
RCEP is more than TPP-lite
RCEP is neither China-led nor a rival to the TPP
Canada and China are joining a mid-March summit hosted by Chile on how to advance trade in Asia-Pacific
Canada and China are joining a mid-March summit hosted by Chile on how to advance trade in Asia-Pacific
China, New Zealand pledge support for free trade to counter global protectionism
New Zealand and China will soon hold a series of high-level meetings and work to promote free trade
TPP is dead, but its legacy lives on
The Trans-Pacific Partnership was dead long before Donald Trump signed his executive order. But its damaging aspects, like stringent IP provisions, have just migrated to other agreements
NZ: MFAT keeps '24-hour watch' on Trump, seeks US bilateral trade deal while TPP still on the table
New Zealand trade officials are hoping for a bilateral free trade deal with Washington, even while a Trans-Pacific Partnership deal excluding the US remains on the table.
Trump scraps The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for bilateral “free trade”
Trump wants even stronger, pro-U.S. business free trade deals to the benefit of U.S. multinational corporations and at the expense of the U.S. trading partners.