The Trans-Pacific Partnership is one of President Obama’s biggest accomplishments of his second term. Can it survive the anti-trade tide in the race to replace him?
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Countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership signed the deal earlier this month, but changes can still be made to improve the mechanism that allows investors to sue states.
The WTO’s global trade agenda has been decried as dead. But the upcoming Nairobi round might change that.
While the TPP has come under attack for its environmental credentials, this controversial new trade deal offers hope in the fight against overfishing.
The multilateral system is under challenge from a surge of bilateral and regional trade deals.
The US and China may have competing ambitions for the Asia-Pacific in the shape of the TPP and AIIB, but they may not be as incompatible as we have first believed.
Some say the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership was designed specifically to exclude or even encircle China. So do its leaders mind being on the outs?
Japan’s decision to lower or eliminate tariffs on rice, pork and beef may end up giving the prime minister a headache as he tries to get the trade accord through Parliament.
What can Australia expect from the Trans-Pacific Partnership? We asked experts about to nominate some winners and losers.
Disputes over intellectual property and car parts are emerging as last-minute hurdles as negotiators race to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership ahead of elections.
The fight over fast-track that pitted the president against his own party offers reasons for both pessimism and optimism in future trade deals.
Passage of trade promotion authority is still far from certain, but yesterday’s Senate vote may signal good news for the trade deals it’s meant to help.
The bill in Congress represents a healthy compromise that gives the president negotiating room while offering lawmakers more say on key trade issues.
Despite arguments that a controversial clause in the Transpacific Partnership will not affect sovereignty, governments would be foolish to agreeing to it.
The secrecy around negotiations of the Transpacific Partnership have been painted as sinister. But could the reasons be about practicality?
With the resounding Republican victory in November’s midterm elections, most pundits are despairing that Congress and President Barack Obama will find any areas for cooperation in the coming two years…
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to call a snap election for December 14 comes after what has been a rather bad week for him. Japan has slipped back into recession for the first time since…
Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…
Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…
Generic drugs are copies of brand-name drugs whose patent has expired, allowing consumers (and governments) to buy a replica drug at a fraction of the price. But a recent US investigation has found consumers…
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