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South Korea to decide on participation in TPP within this year: Trade Minister
10-May-2018 Business Korea
The South Korean government will decide on its participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) within this year, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Un-gyu was quoted as saying on May 9 by Japanese newspapers.
Thailand wants to join TPP ’as soon as possible,’ says deputy PM
2-May-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Thailand wants to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership "as soon as possible," Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak told visiting Japanese Economic and Fiscal Policy and Revitalization Minister Toshimitsu Motegi who is in charge of negotiations for the pact on Tuesday.
US eager to form trade deal with Japan ’at some point’: USTR
2-May-2018 The Mainichi
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Tuesday expressed eagerness to strike a free trade agreement with Japan "at some point."
Mexico’s senate ratifies sweeping Asia-Pacific trade deal
25-Apr-2018 Reuters
Mexico’s Senate voted to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership, making it the first of 11 signatory countries to back the arduously negotiated framework that was rejected by the United States.
Thailand aims to join TPP trade deal
25-Apr-2018 The Japan Times
Thailand intends to join the TPP deal, which counts Japan and Australia among its members, after it takes effect. The existing 11 member countries are seeking to have it take effect this year.
Japan says trade talks with US under new framework won’t start until June
24-Apr-2018 Reuters
Japan’s Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday that bilateral talks on trade under a new framework led by him and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer won’t begin until mid-June at the earliest.
Indonesia urges Southeast Asian economies to bargain together on TPP
22-Apr-2018 Reuters
Indonesia’s trade minister urged Southeast Asian countries that have not signed up for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact to consider joining and that these economies could collectively negotiate accession terms.
Japan’s multi-layered, multilateral strategy
22-Apr-2018 The Diplomat
Tokyo has some work to do to convince the region its strategy is not designed to contain China.
Trump pushes Abe for ’free, fair and reciprocal’ trade
19-Apr-2018 Nikkei
Japan seeks US return to TPP but president unlikely to bend on bilateral deal.
Taiwan hopes talks under TIFA will resume this year
19-Apr-2018 Focus Taiwan
A Taiwanese senior trade negotiator said Thursday that Taiwan hopes that talks under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with the United States will resume this year.
Trump, in another apparent reversal, says trans-pacific trade pact has ‘too many contingencies’
18-Apr-2018 New York Times
After publicly flirting with having the United States rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership, President Trump appeared to rebuff the idea once and for all.
Japan PM Abe meeting Trump on trade, North Korea and TPP
18-Apr-2018 Action Forex
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is meeting Trump in Florida now. Facing domestic political turmoil, Abe is seeking to achieve something out of the summit. The first and foremost is the 232 steel and aluminum tariff of the US.
Mustapa: Hard to renegotiate TPPA if Trump wants US to rejoin
13-Apr-2018 The Star Online
Renegotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) to make significant changes may be difficult, says Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry.
Trump weighs rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership amid trade dispute with China
13-Apr-2018 Washington Post
President Trump ordered top administration officials to look at rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the sprawling trade pact he rejected three days after taking office.
Tokyo willing to host TPP negotiators’ meeting in June or July
10-Apr-2018 Japan Today
Japan is willing to host a chief negotiators’ meeting of the newly signed 11-member Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact in June or July, a minister in charge of the pact said.
Japan aims revamped TPP at reducing reliance on US: former high-level diplomat
4-Apr-2018 The Japan Times
Donald Trump’s erratic posture on trade is forcing Japanese policymakers to rethink their reliance on the economic and political alliance with the United States, according to a former high-level diplomat from the Office of the US Trade Representative.
Thailand seeks to join TPP
30-Mar-2018 NHK
Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said it is important to prepare for being a member of the free trade agreement.
New Zealand: Agreements with five countries exclude compulsory investor-state dispute settlement processes
28-Mar-2018 Library of Congress
On March 9, 2018, the New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth, David Parker, announced that the government has signed “side letters” with five other countries that are also party to the TPP11 that exclude compulsory investor-state dispute settlement.
TPP on table for UK after Brexit, trade chief Fox says
23-Mar-2018 Nikkei
Britain plans to pursue free trade pacts during transition period
Left for dead, a mega trade pact rises from the ashes
20-Mar-2018 The Progressive
There is still a chance that the new TPP will not take effect. For that to happen, the agreement must be by six of the eleven signatories.