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Getting back to basics in Vina Del Mar
16-Mar-2017 IATP
Countries should look to Fair Trade for guidance, and even further to their own domestic policies, for a sustainable way to build the global economy.
Anti-TPP protesters clash with riot police in Chile
15-Mar-2017 Tele Sur
Riot police clashed with protesters in Viña Del Mar, where representatives of the 11 remaining member states of the Trans Pacific Partnership together with China, Colombia and South Korea met.
Mustapa: RCEP is next best option to junked TPPA
15-Mar-2017 The Star
International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said Malaysia is not keen to salvage the TPPA with the other 10 nations after the United States pulled out of the trade pact.
As ministers meet on scrapped Pacific trade deal, decisions elusive
15-Mar-2017 Reuters
Ministers and officials representing the 12 countries of the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership, plus China and South Korea, began talks in Chile, but any concrete decision on how a new trade pact might look seemed far off.
Chileans protest bid to revive embattled TPP after Trump’s exit
15-Mar-2017 Tele Sur
Activists have a message for trade ministers meeting in Chile: the TPP is dead.
Vietnam to test Trump on signing solo trade pacts
13-Mar-2017 Voice of America
Vietnam will test U.S. President Donald Trump’s openness to one-on-one trade deals as it starts nudging Washington for an eventual agreement to replace its role in the defunct Trans Pacific Partnership.
Sugar breakthrough paves way for Indonesia-Australia trade deal
13-Mar-2017 Bloomberg
Australia is pinning its hopes on sugar to revitalize exports to Indonesia, as it seeks momentum for a free trade agreement that has been mooted for nearly a decade.
China says Chile Pacific trade meeting not about TPP
13-Mar-2017 Reuters
China said that a meeting in Chile to discuss a possible regional Pacific trade deal is not strictly about the languishing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), as China tries to distance itself from one-time U.S.-led trade pact.
EU capitalizing on free-trade interest amid gloom over Trump policies
12-Mar-2017 Reuters
The European Union is seeing increased impetus around the world to move forward with Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with the bloc, which will make the most of uncertainty over the outlook for U.S. trade policy.
Open letter to trade ministers meeting in Chile, 14-15 March 2017
10-Mar-2017 Public Citizen
We believe it is not acceptable for TPP rules to be used as a model for future trade negotiations.
Paths open to new Pacific trade pact, post-TPP: Chile trade head
10-Mar-2017 Reuters
Countries that signed up for the failed trade pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will meet in Chile, seeking a way forward on a possible future regional deal
Former trade negotiators push RCEP countries to adopt no less than TPP standards
9-Mar-2017 Digital Journal
Asian policymakers should promote TPP standards and strive to improve the quality of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), says trade commission
Can RCEP revive a dead TPP?
8-Mar-2017 East Asia Forum
With the TPP axed, RCEP has quickly become the most crucial trade agreement in the Asia Pacific. But to succeed, RCEP must prove itself as an agreement that can successfully link the interests of countries at various stages of economic development.
U.S. to negotiate ‘new, better’ trade deals with key economies: report
2-Mar-2017 Japan Times
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump will negotiate “new and better trade deals” with “countries in key markets” to provide a freer and fairer deal for American workers and businesses.
Unpacking trade and investment
2-Mar-2017 Rosa Luxembourg
Series of 11 fact booklets about global trade policies.
EU presses Vietnam to improve human rights ahead of trade deal
1-Mar-2017 VOA
Vietnam is coming under pressure from lawmakers in Europe to improve its human rights record before ratification of an EU free trade deal.
RCEP countries gather in Japan for trade talks
1-Mar-2017 Nikkei Asian Review
Members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will discuss 13 areas, including intellectual property, service trade and the removal of tariffs, seeking to reach agreement as soon as possible.
16-nation RCEP talks resume in wake of TPP’s demise
28-Feb-2017 Japan Times
The RCEP Kobe conference is the first round of negotiations this year and the first since U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was canceling America’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The Kobe meeting will set the tone for the remaining negotiations this year, however NGO representatives, noted that the TPP would be the elephant in the room.
Australia’s march towards corporatocracy
20-Feb-2017 The Conversation
While consultancies, political donations, secondments and staff movements magnify corporate influence over government, an equally sinister trend is playing out in the world of multinational corporations.
NZ and Australia to work together to salvage TPP - English
18-Feb-2017 Radio NZ
Australia and New Zealand have agreed to work together to try to breathe life into the stalled Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.