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

Beyond investment protection: group warns of intensified corporate attacks vs people’s rights as ASEAN leaders meet in PH
5-May-2017     People Over Profit
The People Over Profit network together with local civil society organizations in the Philippines warn of intensifying corporate attacks on people’s rights and join calls for an independent, sovereign and peaceful Southeast Asian region.
Why Singapore doesn’t want to see a HK-ASEAN free-trade deal
27-Apr-2017     Ejinsight
Once the ASEAN opens its service sector to Hong Kong companies, Singapore could be the hardest hit, and hence its staunch opposition to it.
Nepal-US trade talks to focus on boosting output
18-Apr-2017     Kathmandu Post
The bilateral meeting will focus on looking for ways to expand production of the 66 products to which the US has been providing duty-free access through the Trade Preferences Act (TPA).
Getting back to basics in Vina Del Mar
16-Mar-2017     IATP
Countries should look to Fair Trade for guidance, and even further to their own domestic policies, for a sustainable way to build the global economy.
Anti-TPP protesters clash with riot police in Chile
15-Mar-2017     Tele Sur
Riot police clashed with protesters in Viña Del Mar, where representatives of the 11 remaining member states of the Trans Pacific Partnership together with China, Colombia and South Korea met.
As ministers meet on scrapped Pacific trade deal, decisions elusive
15-Mar-2017     Reuters
Ministers and officials representing the 12 countries of the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership, plus China and South Korea, began talks in Chile, but any concrete decision on how a new trade pact might look seemed far off.
Chileans protest bid to revive embattled TPP after Trump's exit
15-Mar-2017     Tele Sur
Activists have a message for trade ministers meeting in Chile: the TPP is dead.
China says Chile Pacific trade meeting not about TPP
13-Mar-2017     Reuters
China said that a meeting in Chile to discuss a possible regional Pacific trade deal is not strictly about the languishing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), as China tries to distance itself from one-time U.S.-led trade pact.
Open letter to trade ministers meeting in Chile, 14-15 March 2017
10-Mar-2017     Public Citizen
We believe it is not acceptable for TPP rules to be used as a model for future trade negotiations.
Paths open to new Pacific trade pact, post-TPP: Chile trade head
10-Mar-2017     Reuters
Countries that signed up for the failed trade pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will meet in Chile, seeking a way forward on a possible future regional deal