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Why is Taiwan using APEC to lobby to join the CPTPP trade pact?
15-Nov-2021 Aljazeera
When Taiwan aimed to join the first incarnation of the CPTPP, the US-led Trans Pacific Partnership, it garnered little support due to concerns about China.
Xi Jinping, speaking at APEC, pledges market reforms in bid to join Asia-Pacific trade bloc
12-Nov-2021 South China Morning Post
President Xi Jinping on Thursday pledged a raft of economic reforms as part of China’s efforts to join a Pacific Rim trade pact abandoned four years ago by the US and warned against efforts to “draw ideological lines” in the Asia-Pacific region.
China’s bid to join CPTPP: Neither serious nor sincere
10-Nov-2021 The Japan Times
Joining the pact is a smart move for Beijing, but will it abide by the rules?
Xi says open to discussion on state-owned companies in CPTPP talks
5-Nov-2021 Nikkei Asia
President Xi Jinping said Thursday that China is open to negotiations on industrial subsidies and state-owned enterprises in order to be accepted into the CPTPP.
China’s interest in DEPA digital trade pact raises questions about ‘domestic reforms’ and what could be the next big multilateral deal
5-Nov-2021 South China Morning Post
Analysts and trade experts weigh in on China’s bid to join yet another economic pact that could draw interest on a global scale
The US appears poised to pursue a digital trade agreement in Asia – What does that mean?
4-Nov-2021 Steptoe
Momentum is building for the United States to pursue a plurilateral digital trade agreement (or possibly a series of bilateral agreements) with trading partners in the Indo-Pacific region.
China to apply to join Digital Economy Partnership Agreement
4-Nov-2021 Bloomberg
China will apply to join the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement to strengthen international cooperation on digital regulation, President Xi Jinping said.
AfCFTA/China sign MoU on establishing Expert Group on Economic Cooperation
1-Nov-2021 Ghana News Agency
The AfCFTA Secretariat and the Ministry of Commerce of China agreed to establish an Expert Group to collaborate in areas such as experience-sharing on intellectual property rights, digital trade, competition policy, and others.
The potential ag trade impact of China’s CPTPP bid
28-Oct-2021 Brownfield
The world’s largest meat importing nation recently submitted a formal application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and it continues to draw a lot of attention.
China, Brunei call for RCEP trade agreement’s early entry into force at Asean meeting
28-Oct-2021 Straits Times
Leaders of China and Brunei called for bringing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) into force at an early date.
China moves to ease rules on government procurement for CPTPP
26-Oct-2021 Nikkei Asia
China has taken a step toward easing rules that all but bar foreign companies from lucrative government procurement deals as the world’s second-largest economy seeks to join a Pacific Rim trade deal.
Geopolitics behind NZ-UK free trade deal
22-Oct-2021 RNZ
For now, New Zealand’s free trade deal with the UK might be about building back butter - but it could end up being more about Beijing.
SPS rules still hold back agri exports
22-Oct-2021 Phnom Penh Post
The Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) has been signed, trading appreciably more agricultural wares will not be possible without first tackling some of the remaining non-tariff barriers, especially those concerning sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) rules.
CPTPP members must be wary of China’s attempt to join trade pact
21-Oct-2021 Nikkei Asia
Until Beijing demonstrates a credible commitment to abiding by the rules and ceases to use its economic might as a tool of coercion against other states, allowing it to join the CPTPP would be a serious mistake.
EU lawmakers push for closer ties with Taiwan, drawing Chinese anger
21-Oct-2021 Nasdaq
The European Union must deepen ties with Taiwan and start work on an investment deal with the island, EU lawmakers said in a resolution adopted, angering Beijing, whose similar deal with the EU struck in 2020 has been put on ice.
Singapore backs Beijing’s CPTPP bid, Chinese ministry says
18-Oct-2021 Nikkei Asia
Singapore has welcomed China’s application to join the CPTPP trade agreement, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
Taiwan asks Australia to support regional trade bid
12-Oct-2021 Reuters
A Taiwan official has asked Australia to support its bid to join the CPTPP pan-Pacific trade pact, which China opposes, saying Taiwan can boost high technology trade flows and demand for Australian minerals.
US, China hold trade talks, with tariff removal among the agendas
11-Oct-2021 Kyodo
They reviewed the implementation of the phase one deal and agreed that the two sides would "consult on certain outstanding issues," the USTR office said.
Ecuador eyes trade deals with China, Russia in bid for investment
8-Oct-2021 Reuters
Ecuador is aiming to negotiate trade deals with China, Russia and South Korea in the next four years, the Andean nation’s Production and International Trade Minister said, adding that closing a deal with the United States is a priority.
China Watch｜Why Beijing’s bid to join TPP trade pact was a major miscalculation
6-Oct-2021 Japan Forward
If Taiwan becomes a member first, China will find itself in the miserable position of having to beg for Taiwan’s consent to join the TPP.