Borderlex | 31 July 2025

EU, CPTPP explore digital trade pact amid Trump policy shift

by Chris Horseman

European and Asia-Pacific leaders are eyeing a possible pan-continental agreement on digital trade as part of a rapprochement between the EU and the 12-nation Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership.

A digital trade deal is viewed as being one of the more feasible ‘deliverables’, as discussions on collaboration between the two blocs get under way.

Talks are still at a very exploratory stage.

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