Business / Economy Jun 22, 2021
Britain begins negotiations to join trans-Pacific trade deal
Britain hopes to carve out a niche for itself in world trade as an exporter of premium consumer goods and professional services.
Business / Economy May 18, 2021
China quietly continues effort to join trade pact created to exclude it
Officials from Australia, Malaysia and New Zealand have held technical talks with Chinese counterparts on the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Business Apr 28, 2021
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership deal will create a huge free trade area accounting for some 30% of global gross domestic product and trade.
Business / Economy Apr 1, 2021
U.S. urges removal of 'broad range' of trade barriers with Japan
On a U.S.-China trade deal that also entered into force last year, the USTR said it will continue to "monitor developments closely."
Business / Economy Mar 20, 2021
RCEP trade deal could boost Japan's GDP by 2.7%, government says
In its first published estimate of the impact of the multilateral pact covering about a third of global trade, the government predicted around 570,000 jobs would be created.
Business Jan 31, 2021
Negotiations between the U.K. and the partnership — which represents 11 Pacific Rim nations including Japan, Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico and Vietnam — are expected to start this year.
Business / Economy Jan 17, 2021
Japanese foreign minister says Biden presidency gives U.S. chance to rejoin TPP
Motegi welcomes interest by China and South Korea in joining the pact, but says they must clear the necessary — and stringent — hurdles for admission.
Business / Economy Jan 5, 2021
Japan and Mexico agree to expand membership of TPP free trade pact
Mexico is the first stop of an 11-day trip that will also take Toshimitsu Motegi to Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Senegal, Nigeria and Kenya.
World Dec 26, 2020
Brexit deal done, Britain now scrambles to see how it will work
by Benjamin Mueller
For many Christmas was only the beginning, Day 1 of a high-stakes and unpredictable experiment in how to unstitch a tight web of commercial relations across Europe.
World / Politics Dec 26, 2020
The post-Brexit trade deal reached by the United Kingdom and the European Union goes beyond the EU's so-called "Canada-style" trade accord, the BBC said on Friday, citing what it said was a full copy of the accord. The 1,246-page document includes about 800 pages of ...
World Dec 25, 2020
Five takeaways from the post-Brexit trade deal
by Benjamin Mueller
The U.K. and the European Union struck a trade deal Thursday, setting the terms of their commercial relations after Britain completes its hard-fought split from the EU on Dec. 31.
World Dec 25, 2020
How Brexit talks overcame suspicion, resentment and fish
by Ian Wishart, Alberto Nardelli and Tim Ross
At times, mutual suspicion and paranoia over listening devices made Brexit look like a chapter from the Cold War, all heightened by COVID-19 restrictions.