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Washington awaits KL’s decision on TPP
The United States is still awaiting Malaysia’s decision on whether to join the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiations.
US wants Japan, Malaysia, South Korea to join talks
The US wants Japan, Malaysia and South Korea to join negotiations for a regional free-trade agreement in Asia, Trade Representative Ron Kirk said.
Obama tells Congress US will pursue Asia trade
“TPP is about re-establishing the role of the US in the Asian region,” Calman Cohen, president of the Washington-based Emergency Committee for American Trade, told reporters Dec. 11. “If they get it right, it can be a real shot in the arm.”
US-NZ trade talks expected to start in March
US trade officials have formally notified the US Congress of President Barack Obama’s intention to negotiate a regional free trade deal with Vietnam, New Zealand, Singapore, Chile and three other countries in the Asia Pacific area.
Building Blocks Towards an Asia-Pacific Union
President Obama has recommitted to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Expanding the TPP would further distinguish it as the only regional free trade agreement that spans both sides of the Pacific, linking Asia with the Americas. It could gradually evolve into a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific.
US asks Japan to join Pacific-rim trade talks, Nikkei ays
The US government wants Japan to join talks for a proposed free trade agreement involving Pacific Rim countries, Nikkei English News said. Australia, Vietnam, Peru, Malaysia, Singapore, Chile, New Zealand and Brunei have said they will enter the negotiations.
Taiwan hopes to join second phase of P4 talks
Taiwan looks forward to being included in the second phase of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (P4) talks, a senior official said Sunday.
US free trade agreement ’brilliant’ for NZ - Key
The United States’ agreement to participate in negotiations on a Asia-Pacific regional free trade agreement (FTA) should see "brilliant" economic growth for New Zealand, says Prime Minister John Key.
Free trade deal may be in place in two years says PM
Prime Minister John Key says the new Trans-Pacific Trade Treaty, which effectively gives New Zealand a free trade agreement with the United States, could be in place in two years.
Timing of free trade deal uncertain - Groser
Comments at the APEC meetings in Singapore show the Obama administration in the United States supports an eight-country free trade deal which would include New Zealand, says Trade Minister Tim Groser.
Senators urge Obama on Asia-Pacific trade deal
They urged him to complete the Transpacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) begun by the administration of former President George W. Bush in 2008.
BIO position on Trans-Pacific Partnership FTA
Position paper of the US-based Biotechnology Industry Organisation on the US negotiation of a Trans-Pacific Partnership FTA with Singapore, Chile, Brunei, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand and Peru
US firms urge Washington to cultivate Asia-Pacific links
The Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers is urging the Obama administration, while AmCham Philippines is lobbying the Macapagal Arroyo government, to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade area
Jane Kelsey: Free trade deal may not make sense in these hard times
The careful stage management of announcements on free trade agreements is not new. But the US decision to defer negotations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership should encourage us to look beyond the simplistic assumptions that the more free trade agreements we sign, the better off we will be, based mainly on some fanciful modelling of the gains to agricultural exporters.
NZ trade deal low on envoy’s to-do list
Don’t misread Kirk’s testimony to yesterday’s meeting of the US Senate Finance Committee as an omen that the last rites are imminent for New Zealand’s prospective regional free-trade deal with the world’s largest consumer nation. Instead focus on Kirk’s confident statement during his Senate confirmation hearing that President Barack Obama will seek renewed trade promotion authority (or fast-track) at the "appropriate time".
US postpones free trade negotiations with NZ
New Zealand research and education network ARENA today welcomed news that the United States has postponed trade negotiations with New Zealand pending an overall review of US trade policy, and says that the New Zealand government should follow suit.
Obama puts off trade talks
Just weeks from the start of talks on a trans-Pacific partnership deal, encompassing New Zealand, Chile, Singapore, Brunei and the United States, President Barack Obama has put the talks on hold.
"We oppose free trade negotiations with Vietnam" - Johnson, NCTO
At a hearing on proposed free trade negotiations with countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership area (TPP), the US National Council of Textile Organisations opposed the proposed inclusion of Vietnam in the negotiations and said the textile industry would oppose any agreement that included Vietnam.