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Philippines revives plan to join Trans-Pacific trade bloc
25-Sep-2017 Philstar
The Philippines is reviving its plan to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) even as the mega-trade deal pushes through without the US, the Department of Trade and Industry said.
Without US, 11 nations in TPP inch closer to a deal
23-Sep-2017 Reuters
Negotiators met for two days in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, to discuss what parts of the original deal they wished to shelve.
Resurrected TPP could get done this year and Canada is better off without US in it
22-Sep-2017 National Post
Canada is now the second-largest economy in the TPP11 and will push to ditch provisions in the original agreement that were offered as concessions to the US.
TPP members whittle list of rules to shelve with US gone
22-Sep-2017 Nikkei
Terms on intellectual property protections, state-owned enterprises up for debate.
TPP negotiators working to revise accord after US pullout
21-Sep-2017 Kyodo
Japan is seeking to make minimal changes. Vietnam has proposed to amend the clause on rules of origin in exports of fabrics, the sources said.
TPP claims of economic gains without US debunked by senior UN economist
20-Sep-2017 AFTINET
A new economic study has completely undermined previous claims that the Trans-Pacific partnership agreement without access to the giant US market would still result in significant economic gains for the remaining 11 countries.
Japan pushes for ’TPP 11’ progress with Tokyo meeting
20-Sep-2017 Nikkei
Quicker consensus on rules to suspend could bring broad deal in November.
Is RCEP tracking to be another TPP?
19-Sep-2017 Stuff
Seven TPP countries are also represented in the RCEP negotiations
USTR launches review of IP in Thailand after reported improvements on enforcement
18-Sep-2017 IP Watch
“I’d be concerned that USTR is pressuring Thailand to take pro-pharma positions on the RCEP and TPP,” Knowledge Ecology International Executive Director James Love said.
Japan pushes for expedited talks on ’TPP 11’
14-Sep-2017 Nikkei
Signatories eye fresh trade deal without US by year-end.
Regulating across the digital divide
12-Sep-2017 MENAFN
If the world’s three major economies the US, the EU, and China were ever to harmonise their approach to regulating digital trade and global data flows, the pressure on developing countries to accept digital rules would intensify.
Substantial conclusion of RCEP this year unlikely
4-Sep-2017 Manila Bulletin
Efforts to achieve a conclusion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership negotiations by end of this year appear headed for rough waters as members of the Trans Pacific Partnership push for steep hurdles that are difficult for non-TPP members, like the Philippines, to comply with
TPP 11 Sydney meeting vindicates community concerns
1-Sep-2017 AFTINET
TPP 11 negotiators have agreed to suspend controversial clauses on medicine monopolies and some governments want to renegotiate other clauses, vindicating public interest group concerns
TPP free trade: Much opposition from Canadians
30-Aug-2017 RCI
A public consultation process led by the Canadian government on the Trans-Pacific Partnership yields near total opposition to the deal
TPP negotiators propose long lists of revisions at Sydney summit: sources
30-Aug-2017 Japan Times
Some of the 11 signatory countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership have put forward long lists of proposed revisions to the free trade pact, sources close to the talks have said.
Vietnam proposes amendments to stalled TPP trade deal at Sydney talks: sources
29-Aug-2017 Reuters
Officials from 11 of the 12 countries that committed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal are meeting in Sydney for talks to re-energize the stalled agreement and discuss amendmends to the pact following the withdrawal of the US.
AmCham Singapore voices support for TPP-11
25-Aug-2017 AmCham Singapore
AmCham Singapore urges the eleven members of the TPP to reach a successful conclusion to ongoing deliberations and implement the agreement as soon as possible, as it is "supportive of US businesses"
Concerns over proposed TPP11 next steps re e-commerce
24-Aug-2017
The beneficiaries of the TPP’s e-commerce rules will be the major US technology companies, and possibly those from China (neither of whom have to provide market access in return in the TPP11), civil society statement says.
Health community’s concerns re TPP11 proposed next steps
24-Aug-2017
Stronger intellectual property protection would benefit the US in return for no concessions, civil society groups tell TPP11 Ministers
Internet freedom and public interest groups concerns re TPP11 proposed next steps
24-Aug-2017
Stronger intellectual property protection does not benefit the TPP11 but would benefit the US in return for no concessions by the USA, a civil society letter to ministers asserts