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11 countries, including Singapore, agree to new Trans-Pacific Partnership deal

Singapore firms can gain access to a market of 500m people with a combined output of US$10 trillion

Published Tue, Jan 23, 2018 · 09:50 PM

Tokyo

EXACTLY one year to the day United States President Donald Trump withdrew his country from an ambitious Pacific Rim trade deal, the remaining 11 countries - including Singapore - agreed to move ahead on a revised version of the pact.

They settled their remaining differences over the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), dubbed TPP-11, after two days of talks in Tokyo that ended on Tuesday.

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