Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Reference | FYI Jan 30, 2017

Japan breathes new life into regional, non-U.S. trade pact

by Eric Johnston

With U.S. President Donald Trump's formal decision to withdraw from the long controversial American-led Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, attention in the Asia-Pacific region is turning toward making renewed efforts to complete a separate multilateral trade agreement that excludes the U.S. — the Regional Comprehensive Economic ...

National / Politics | FOCUS Nov 6, 2016

Anxious Abe eager to strike while TPP iron is hot

by Tomoyuki Tachikawa

While several Trans-Pacific Partnership countries have taken a cautious approach ahead of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, which could alter the fate of the free trade pact, Japan has instead been stepping up its efforts toward ratifying the deal. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in a ...