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Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Asia and the Pacific region.

TPP11 and RCEP compared: A side-by-side update
28-Nov-2017     Asian Trade Centre
Chart reflects the TPP11 changes and the expansion of the agenda in RCEP.
Civil society commits to push back corporate power at 2017 ACSC/APF
23-Nov-2017     APRN
The call “Southeast Asia is not for sale. We are not for sale!” echoed as hundreds marched to the historic People Power Monument along the Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue in Manila, Philippines.
One Belt, One Road: 'Colonial power' fears limiting Australia, Labor warns, as China signs PNG deals
22-Nov-2017     ABC
Papua New Guinea has signed a series of infrastructure deals with China as part of Beijing's One Belt, One Road initiative.
The new geopolitics of trade in Asia
17-Nov-2017     Brooking
The APEC Leaders’ summit meeting, which took place in Danang, Vietnam, crystallized the new geopolitics of trade in Asia.
New Zealand part of mystery initiative at request from United States
16-Nov-2017     Stuff
New Zealand appears to have joined a mysterious "regional initiative" at the request of the United States, but the matter is being kept under wraps.
Trump's trade barbs push Asian nations closer to China's orbit
15-Nov-2017     Bloomberg
Trump declared his 11-day swing through Asia a success before heading home, saying that “all countries dealing with us on trade know that the rules have changed.”
Abe, Trump seek Indian-Pacific strategy to counter China
14-Nov-2017     Asahi
Japan and the United States are sailing toward a joint strategy focused on the Indian-Pacific region as one way of containing the maritime advances being made by China into the East China Sea and South China Sea.
Duterte calls for stronger ties between APEC, ASEAN
13-Nov-2017     Rappler
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at an informal dialogue that is the first of its kind between APEC and ASEAN.
CSOs take a stand against corporate agenda at ASEAN People’s Forum 2017
13-Nov-2017     APWLD
Civil society urges the ASEAN Member States to take people-centred approach.
ASEAN economic integration by whom? for whom?
9-Nov-2017     APRN
ASEAN member states must end policies, laws and institutional practices, including free trade and investment agreements that violate the people’s rights.