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TPP-11 chief negotiators to meet in Tokyo next week, Japanese minister says
Chief negotiators from the 11 members of a trans-Pacific free trade pact will hold a two-day meeting in Tokyo from Tuesday to discuss policies after the accord takes effect on Dec. 30, said Toshimitsu Motegi, the minister in charge of the framework. "We'd like to ...
RCEP ministers begin talks, seek accord on key parts of giant free trade deal
Ministers from 16 Asia-Pacific countries, including Japan, China and India, began talks Monday in Singapore, in a race to agree on key parts of a free trade deal before the end of the year. At stake is the creation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership ...
Japan looks to use Pacific trade pact as shield from tough U.S. demands
Even without the participation of the world’s largest economy, the deal has been described as a game-changer.
The progression of a sweeping 11-member free trade agreement was met with concern among the nation's farmers Wednesday, with many expressing their anxiety over a possible influx of imports stemming from the agreement that's set to enter into force Dec. 30. Australia earlier in the ...
In big win for Japan, CPTPP to start at year's end after Australia ratifies Pacific trade pact
A trade deal among 11 Pacific nations, once envisioned as a check on China's clout but abandoned by U.S. President Donald Trump, will kick in on Dec. 30, Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Wednesday. Australia became the sixth country to ratify the Japan-led Comprehensive and ...
Canada said to be fifth country to ratify Japan-led CPTPP trade deal, with Australia close behind
A sprawling Pacific trade deal led by Japan is on the verge of kicking in provisionally after Canada announces its intention to be the fifth country to sign off on the pact.
The 11-country free trade agreement formerly known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership may take effect by the end of this year, the minister in charge of negotiations, Toshimitsu Motegi, revealed Friday. At a press conference, Motegi said Canada and Australia are expected to complete procedures to ...
In a world increasingly fragmented by U.S. President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda, Japan should take on the role as the world's new "stabilizer" by committing to the landmark Paris accord on climate change and keeping a multilateral trade regime from falling apart in ...
TPP takes back seat as Malaysia sets sights on early conclusion to RCEP trade deal
Malaysia is putting a premium on a free trade deal led by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, its trade minister told The Japan Times in a recent interview, while also apparently relegating the Japan-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership to the back burner for the time ...
Revised TPP should take effect early next year, Japan's point man says
Japan's minister in charge of trade talks said Tuesday that six countries will likely finish the domestic procedures necessary to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership in November, paving the way for the 11-member free trade pact to take effect early ...
Open regionalism in the Asia-Pacific
The present vacuum created by the lack of U.S. participation in the region must not be filled by China's growing sphere of influence.
Donald Trump: The king of global trade?
Europe and Asia are the next places for the U.S. president to take his trade show.
