Reuters — Canada is set to hold back on ratifying a key Asia-Pacific trade treaty, a move that would assuage critics but might hamper Washington’s bid to build domestic support […] Read more
Canada seen dawdling on TPP ratification
Historic TPP deal faces skeptics in U.S. Congress
Atlanta | Reuters –– Twelve Pacific Rim countries on Monday reached the most ambitious trade pact in a generation, aiming to liberalize commerce in 40 per cent of the world’s […] Read more
After five years of negotiations, TPP talks near deal
Atlanta | Reuters — A dozen Pacific nations closed in on a sweeping free trade pact on Sunday in Atlanta after a breakthrough over how long a monopoly pharmaceutical companies […] Read more
TPP trade ministers push to wrap up ambitious trade deal
Atlanta | Reuters — Pacific trade ministers readied on Wednesday to close the biggest trade deal in a generation but warned there was still work to be done on issues […] Read more
Dairy farmers milk politics of Pacific trade pact
Reuters — New Zealand dairy farmers have a message for their Canadian counterparts, who worry a Pacific trade deal will throw them on the mercy of world markets and devastate […] Read more
TPP talks fail to end in deal
"The U.S. was on one side of the issue, while practically every other country were on the other side."
TPP — NZ wants dairy concessions from the U.S.
Lahaina, Hawaii, July 28 (Reuters) – The United States, Canada and Japan have to make concessions on dairy trade before a wider Pacific trade deal can be wrapped up, New […] Read more
U.S. Congress victory may move Pacific trade pact forward
Washington | Reuters –– U.S. lawmakers approved legislation key to securing a hallmark Pacific trade deal by a comfortable margin on Wednesday, advancing President Barack Obama’s efforts to strengthen U.S. […] Read more
U.S. Senate pushes Obama’s Pacific Rim trade pact forward
Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Barack Obama’s call for “fast-track” trade negotiating authority to help him strike a Pacific Rim deal cleared a key hurdle in the U.S. Senate […] Read more
U.S. House win revives Obama’s Trans-Pacific trade pact
Washington | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers narrowly approved legislation key to securing a hallmark Pacific trade deal on Thursday, partly reversing a defeat less than a week before, in a […] Read more
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