Trans-Pacific Partnership
Biden needs to enhance his Asia strategy with a firm commitment to free trade
AMERICA'S allies in the Indo-Pacific region have welcomed US President Joe Biden’s introduction of a coherent strategy to dealing with Washington’s challenges in Asia, led by the rising economic and m...
Japan, Australia ask UK to reconsider agriculture tariff in CPTPP talks: Jiji
JAPAN, Australia and other members of a trans-Pacific trade pact have asked Britain to reconsider tariff conditions in its entry negotiation talks, Jiji news reported on Monday.
Behind the whys and wherefores of China's CPTPP application
ALTHOUGH Chinese President Xi Jinping announced his decision to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) last November, Beijing's formal application last ...
Taiwan questions China's suitability for Pacific trade pact, fears 'obstruction'
[TAIPEI] China's restrictive practices present fundamental problems for its application to join a major pan-Pacific free trade pact, and if it joins before Taiwan there is a risk it could block their ...
Taiwan applies to join Pacific trade deal days after China
Signed by 11 Apac countries in 2018, CPTPP is region's biggest free trade pact; US-led deal designed to keep China, which has its own regional trade deal, locked out
Taiwan says 'risk' to its Trans-Pacific trade pact bid if China joins first
[TAIPEI] There is a "risk" to Taiwan's application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) if China joins first, Taiwan's government said on Thursday,...
Taiwan applies to join Pacific trade deal days after China
[TAIPEI] Taiwan has applied to join a major trans-Pacific trade deal, officials confirmed Thursday, days after China said it also wanted to become a member of the agreement.
China's leaders are having fun with us
Who can blame them? Beijing applying to join the TPP is the diplomatic equivalent of the US asking to be a member of China's 'Belt and Road' initiative in Asia.
UK hopes to wrap CPTPP talks by next year: Dominic Raab
UK keen on growth markets and digital areas, says Britain's top diplomat
