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Bilateral trade deals ’more realistic’ option: Mustapa
16-Feb-2017 New Straits Times
In the absence of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, bilateral trade agreements with trading partners would be a ‘doable and more realistic’ option for Malaysia, International Trade and Industry Minister said.
Why are my highly educated friends so ignorant about trade?
16-Feb-2017 Local Futures Blog
Local Futures’ Isabel Marlens discusses why many people know so little about trade issues, and what can be done about it.
U.S. urged Japan to refer to bilateral FTA in joint statement: sources
16-Feb-2017 Japan Times
In drafting a joint statement for release after the summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump, Washington urged Tokyo to refer to signing a bilateral free trade agreement.
Beef industry talks possible trade deals
13-Feb-2017 Ag Web
The U.S. beef herd is expanding and the industry wants export market access to grow as well.
RCEP is more than TPP-lite
12-Feb-2017 Nikkei Asian Review
RCEP is neither China-led nor a rival to the TPP
Canada and China are joining a mid-March summit hosted by Chile on how to advance trade in Asia-Pacific
10-Feb-2017 The Globe and Mail
Canada and China are joining a mid-March summit hosted by Chile on how to advance trade in Asia-Pacific
China, New Zealand pledge support for free trade to counter global protectionism
10-Feb-2017 Reuters
New Zealand and China will soon hold a series of high-level meetings and work to promote free trade
TPP is dead, but its legacy lives on
10-Feb-2017 The Hindu
The Trans-Pacific Partnership was dead long before Donald Trump signed his executive order. But its damaging aspects, like stringent IP provisions, have just migrated to other agreements
NZ: MFAT keeps ’24-hour watch’ on Trump, seeks US bilateral trade deal while TPP still on the table
9-Feb-2017 Business Desk
New Zealand trade officials are hoping for a bilateral free trade deal with Washington, even while a Trans-Pacific Partnership deal excluding the US remains on the table.
Trump scraps The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for bilateral “free trade”
8-Feb-2017 Global Research
Trump wants even stronger, pro-U.S. business free trade deals to the benefit of U.S. multinational corporations and at the expense of the U.S. trading partners.
Senate Committee puts final nail in TPP coffin
8-Feb-2017 Friends of the Earth Australia
The Senate Committee’s majority report highlights major concerns about the trade deal, including the lack of enforceable labour and environmental standards, the draconian intellectual property provisions and the risks associated with ISDS.
Australia: 53 health, church, union, environment and aid organisations call for Labor to reject failed TPP
8-Feb-2017 AFTINET
Fifty-three organisations representing more than two million Australians have endorsed a letter calling on Labor to reject the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership and not vote on implementing legislation for it.
Trump has one big idea to fix America’s trade deals. It’s not very good.
8-Feb-2017 Slate
If governments turn out to be absolutely desperate to sign FTAs with the US they won’t have much choice but to deal with an administration whose motto is “America first”, which may mean learning to love all our genetically modified produce, among other concessions.
How does China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ match up against the TPP?
7-Feb-2017 South China Morning Post
Here are a few key differences between Xi’s strategy and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
One year on from TPPA mass protests – how we can shape trade for the 99% not the 1%
7-Feb-2017 The Daily Blog
The governments and corporate lobbies that champion these deals are in a state of denial and desperately trying to rescue their bankrupt model.
Peru to work with China, others on TPP alternative: president
3-Feb-2017 Reuters
Peru will work with China and other Asian and Pacific Rim countries to incorporate elements of the Trans-Pacific Partnership into a new agreement.
Mexico seeking bilateral free trade deal with NZ in wake of TPP collapse
2-Feb-2017 NZ Herald
Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto wants to forge a bilateral free trade agreement with New Zealand and other TPP countries.
US’ withdrawal no cause for celebration with Malaysia’s anti-TPPA groups
31-Jan-2017 Malay Mail
Local critics are not rejoicing over the United States’ withdrawal from the TPP deal, cautioning instead that the trade pact may be revived or survive in other forms.
Global trade, China, RCEP took centre stage in Davos
31-Jan-2017 Lanka Business Online
Global trade took centre stage at the World Economic Forum meetings in Davos recently with signs of a new leader in town, despite U.S. assurances they wanted trade and not a trade war.
Why President Trump is wrong about Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
31-Jan-2017 Patent Docs
The TPP was generally favorable to American interests because its provisions favored American innovators, specifically biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.