TPP is on the ropes, and now two EU trade deals – known by acronyms TTIP and CETA – may soon join the Pacific agreement.
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Most Western trade agreements – past and present – appear to be in doubt amid an anti-globalization backlash.
About 98% of US exporters are small businesses.
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The signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership belies the fact that the US’s share of trade in the region has been declining for some time.
TTIP has stumbled on a block of Feta, among other things.
Reuters
The US may be closer than people think to a deal over geographical indications, laws that protect products based on their location such as Champagne, Darjeeling tea and prosciutto di Parma.
The president offers a toast to Congress.
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The fight over fast-track that pitted the president against his own party offers reasons for both pessimism and optimism in future trade deals.