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Malaysia to go ahead with Asia-Pacific trade pact CPTPP, says PM Mahathir
28-Aug-2018 The Straits Times
Malaysia will go ahead with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in a reaffirmation of the country’s commitment to the wide-ranging trade pact involving 11 nations.
Latest TPP a parade of corporate favours masquerading as free trade
22-Aug-2018 Michael West
Bad for workers, bad for taxpayers, bad for the environment, bad for Australia. The latest iteration of the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a boon for multinational corporations.
Tell federal MPs and Senators: vote NO to TPP-11
20-Aug-2018 AFTINET
The TPP-11 implementing legislation is now being reviewed by a Joint Parliamentary Committee on which the government has a majority.
South Korea decides to join CPTPP
18-Aug-2018 Business Korea
The South Korean government has decided to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). It is now mulling over when to sign it.
CPTPP nothing but a rebranding exercise
17-Aug-2018 Free Malaysia Today
There is nothing progressive about the CPTPP except its name.
Beef industry wants trade agreements like TPP, not tariffs, as meat sits in storage
17-Aug-2018 Parker City News
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association would much prefer the use of trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and benefit from having rules-based, science-based trade from those free trade agreements.
Japan asks Colombia to join TPP
17-Aug-2018 NHK
Japan’s foreign minister has met his new Colombian counterpart and asked the South American country to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.
Losing the Pacific: The futility of re-joining TPP
16-Aug-2018 Diplomatic Courier
Amid rising tensions in the US-China bilateral relationship and increasing fears of a now-realized trade war, President Donald Trump announced that he would consider rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Japan and Peru agree to seek early implementation of TPP
16-Aug-2018 Reuters
Japan has already completed its domestic procedures to ratify the pact and Peru is in the midst of its own ratification process.
Select committee urged to stop the spread of ISDS under CPTPP
14-Aug-2018 Voxy
A range of labour, health and environmental organisations are calling for a clause to be inserted into the CPTPP Amendment Bill that would prevent future governments from extending investor-state dispute settlement to countries seeking to join the agreement.
Japan, US to meet again on trade in September: Japan economy minister
13-Aug-2018 Reuters
Motegi and Lighthizer exchanged views on individual trade areas but nothing has been decided.
Malaysia urged to withdraw gracefully from bad trade deal
13-Aug-2018 The Star
With negligible real trade gains from the original TPP, the US withdrawal has made benefits from the regional agreement even more trivial.
Japan sticks to TPP, US seeks bilateral deal in 1st trade talks
10-Aug-2018 The Mainichi
Motegi told Lighthizer that Japan believes the TPP — an 11-member regional trade pact from which the United States withdrew last year — is the best trade deal for the two countries.
No easy answers as Japan, US head for new round of trade talks
9-Aug-2018 Reuters
Japan will try to avert steep tariffs on its car exports and fend off US demands for a bilateral free trade agreement at talks in Washington, but a quick fix for the trade imbalance between the two countries appears elusive.
Trade for All is a lie
8-Aug-2018 Daily Blog
New Zealand Labour-led government’s ‘Trade for All agenda’ is somehow meant to re-engender confidence without addressing any issues.
Trade negotiations: Geo-economics and geopolitics
8-Aug-2018 International Affairs
Trade negotiations have been increasingly used as a political tool.
Mexico’s historic election: A labor perspective
1-Aug-2018 TJA
The recent election in Mexico is a referendum on the global reaction to the neoliberal assaults accompanying trade deals like NAFTA and TPP. Listen to this webinar with Manuel Perez-Rocha and Héctor de la Cueva
Trade agreement with Japan is crucial for US beef industry
30-Jul-2018 UTIA
Research from the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture indicates that a trade agreement with Japan is crucial for the US beef industry
Community groups say no to the TPP-11 at Senate inquiry
30-Jul-2018 AFTINET
“AFTINET will present evidence today to a Senate inquiry that the TPP-11 increases corporate rights at the expense of people’s rights and the environment and should not be implemented,” AFTINET Convener Dr Patricia Ranald said today.
Public hearings on CPTPP to run nationwide from August
25-Jul-2018 Bangkok Post
Public hearings will be held in all regions throughout Thailand to gather feedback from all stakeholders on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.