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Ministry reports difficulties in next-generation FTA implementation
1-Dec-2023 Vietnam Net Global
Foreign invested enterprises make up the majority of Vietnam’s export turnover of high-revenue products. Meanwhile, Vietnamese enterprises still mostly do outsourcing, and export raw materials or half-finished products.
Trans-Pacific trade deal members meet at APEC summit, say open to new members
17-Nov-2023 Reuters
Trade ministers from members of an Asian free trade pact abandoned by the United States affirmed a desire for more countries to join the bloc if they can meet its standards.
Taiwan outlines CPTPP accession plan for 2024 ’window of opportunity’
13-Nov-2023 Focus Taiwan
A senior Taiwanese diplomat told lawmakers that 2024 offers a "window of opportunity" for Taiwan’s potential accession to a regional trade bloc because Taiwan-friendly Canada will be the rotating chair next year.
ISDS mechanisms: The power of highly anti-democratic corporate interest
13-Nov-2023 ImpACT International
Removing ISDS mechanisms within the CPTPP is a good start, but Britain must protect itself and other nations from its own corporate interests by removing all ISDS mechanisms.
Canada backs Ukraine’s entry to CPTPP, trade minister says
3-Nov-2023 Nikkei Asia
Canadian trade minister Mary Ng reiterated Ottawa’s support for Ukraine’s bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, stressing the need to maintain high open market standards for the framework.
Even rich nations now worried about ISDS
2-Nov-2023 Inter Press Service
Governments the world over are worried about investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) rules. These allow foreign investors to sue them for billions over new laws or policies reducing their profits.
UK at risk of lawsuits if Pacific trade deal not amended, warn civil society organisations and academics
25-Oct-2023 Global Justice Now
The UK faces “huge financial risk” of lawsuits if the Pacific trade deal is not amended, warn civil society organisations and academics in a joint letter published today.
Canadian cattle groups say ’no’ to UK’s entry into CPTPP
3-Oct-2023 Farmers Weekly
The Canadian meat industry has launched a campaign demanding its government block the UK’s accession to a new trans-Pacific trade deal unless it accepts imports of Canadian hormone-fed beef.
New Zealand wins trade dispute with Canada over dairy access
6-Sep-2023 RNZ
Under the CPTPP, New Zealand gained better access for dairy products in the Canadian market, but complained that Canada was manipulating quotas to block exporters.
New UK trade deal ’rewards environmental destruction’, warns WWF 
19-Jul-2023 WWF
The environmental dangers represented by the CPTPP are profound for both food production and for encouraging practices linked with deforestation.
Britain formally joins TPP in first expansion of Pacific trade pact
17-Jul-2023 Kyodo
Britain officially joined a major trans-Pacific trade pact at a signing ceremony in New Zealand, marking the first expansion of the accord since its entry into force in 2018 and bringing the bloc to cover 15 percent of global gross domestic product.
CPTPP to discuss Taiwan, China joining trade pact
17-Jul-2023 Taipei Times
Some member nations support reviewing applications on a first-come-first-served basis, while others say they can be looked at simultaneously
Trans-Pacific trade deal in effect in all member states
12-Jul-2023 NHK
A major trans-Pacific trade deal has come into force in all 11 countries that originally signed it. This comes after the Southeast Asian nation of Brunei completed its ratification process.
Ukraine submits request to join CPTPP trade pact
7-Jul-2023 The Japan News
Ukraine has submitted a request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP); a trade pact among 11 countries, including Japan, Canada and Australia.
China to ease economic and trade rules to aid CPTPP pact bid, amid scepticism over reform commitment
3-Jul-2023 South China Morning Post
China has unveiled new measures to help its bid to join the CPTPP as Beijing presses on with its goal to reach the standards of the 11-nation deal, despite the thresholds for entry deemed by some members to be too high for the world’s second-largest economy.
China submits papers for CPTPP accession
19-Jun-2023 China Daily
The Chinese government has submitted the documents for China’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Internal docs suggest Trudeau wants China blocked from Pacific Rim trade deal
7-Jun-2023 CTV
While the Liberals insist a Pacific Rim trade bloc should welcome any country that meets its standards, an internal document suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants China kept out of the deal.
Canada backs Ukraine’s application to join trans-Pacific trade pact
30-May-2023 Reuters
Canada backs Ukraine’s application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng said.
China’s trade-pact bid ‘impossible’ for Australia to approve while Beijing’s sanctions remain, sources say
23-May-2023 South China Morning Post
Australia is not expected to support the accession of China and Taiwan to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership amid ’geopolitical baggage’.
Brunei ratifies CPTPP trade deal
16-May-2023 The Star
Brunei Darussalam has ratified the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.