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TPP bill passed by Parliament
15-Nov-2016 Newshub
New Zealand Parliament has passed the Bill that allows the Government to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership amid opposition complaints that it’s a waste of time.
APEC summit opens reaffirming commitment to free trade
15-Nov-2016 Business Standard
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Leaders Week started off promising free trade "with or without" the US support.
The battle against TPP isn’t over, but it has shifted
15-Nov-2016 Electronic Frontier Foundation
The battle against the deal is not over. Why not? Because the other TPP countries are still in the process of passing their implementing legislation.
APEC week kicks off in Peru with regional free trade area high on agenda
14-Nov-2016 Manila Bulletin
A creation of Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), which would include all APEC states, is one of the main topics on the agenda of the 2016 APEC Summit.
Tanzanian parliament scuttles EPA deal ahead of January meeting
14-Nov-2016 Citizen
The Tanzanian parliament has shot down plans for the country to sign the economic partnership agreement (EPA).
No, Trump didn’t kill the TPP — progressives did
14-Nov-2016 Medium
If you read the headlines, Donald Trump’s election has killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The headlines have it wrong.
Obama administration gives up on Pacific trade deal
14-Nov-2016 Wall Street Journal
Congressional GOP leaders indicated they wouldn’t consider Trans-Pacific Partnership in lame-duck session.
RCEP participating countries call for swift conclusion of negotiations
14-Nov-2016 ICTSD
Negotiations for the RCEP are increasingly making progress towards crafting a future trade and investment deal.Whether talks will be concluded this year is less clear
China pushes Asia-Pacific trade deals as Trump win dashes TPP hopes
10-Nov-2016 Reuters
China will seek support for a Beijing-led Asia-Pacific free trade area at a regional summit in Peru, Chinese officials, after Donald Trump’s U.S. election win dashed hopes for a U.S.-led free trade pact.
Japan defies Trump, approves TPP trade pact
10-Nov-2016 DW
Japan’s lower house of parliament has passed the contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade deal, a move largely viewed as an empty gesture because the US president-elect flatly rejects it.
McConnell rules out TPP vote before Trump takes office
10-Nov-2016 The Japan Times
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell dashed any remaining hopes that President Barack Obama’s signature Pacific-Rim trade deal would come up for a vote before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Australia to pay more attention to RCEP if TPP fails under Trump
10-Nov-2016 Xinhua
Australia’s Foreign Minister said the country will turn its focus towards an economic partnership with China and other Asian countries in place of a free-trade agreement with the United States after Donald Trump’s election win.
Data exclusivity could go to 12 yrs
8-Nov-2016 Pharma in Focus
US reports that data exclusivity for biologics in Australia could still be extended to 12 years via the TPP trade deal have got local activists up in arms.
Ruling bloc further delays lower house TPP vote amid strong opposition
8-Nov-2016 Japan Today
The Japanese government’s plan to rapidly ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement hit another setback
Wisconsin dairy farmers oppose TPP
8-Nov-2016 AgNet West
In a poll by the Wisconsin Farmers Union, nearly 80 percent of the 1,000 farmers surveyed favored Congress rejecting or placing a moratorium on TPP.
China firms eye ’Made in Vietnam’ windfall - if Obama’s TPP survives
7-Nov-2016 Reuters
Vietnam’s Free Trade Agreement with the European Union and the Trans Pacific Partnership would collectively give China access to markets worth $44 trillion in combined gross domestic product.
In the battle to win the TPP, has Obama forgotten the lessons of the Vietnam War?
7-Nov-2016 IATP
The most important and defining factor for the fate of the TPP is that social pressure against the agreement within in the TPP negotiating countries grows.
Ruling bloc rams TPP bill through committee
7-Nov-2016 The Japan Times
Brushing off vocal protests by opposition lawmakers, Prime Minister Abe’s ruling coalition passed a bill to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement at a special Lower House committee, sparking criticism that it resorted to a steamroll vote.
Malaysia committed to complete ratification of TPPA by 2018
3-Nov-2016 Free Malaysia Today
MITI Secretary-General Jayashiri says government is in the process of amending laws to support the trade pact and have identified 18 thus far.
Ruling coalition gives up trying to pass TPP-ratifying bill after minister’s gaffe
3-Nov-2016 The Japan Times
After a new round of calls for the resignation of Japan’s gaffe-prone agricultural minister, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition gave up trying to pass a bill to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement through a special Lower House committee.