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15 December 2016
Japan’s upper house of parliament ratified the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement on Friday 9 December, marking the final stage for the Asian economy’s approval of the accord. Japan is the second-largest economy by GDP in the Pacific Rim trade deal, surpassed only by the United States. Under...
14 December 2016
It was set to be the biggest regional trade deal in history. But now, hopes of ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are dashed. On 21 November, President-elect Donald Trump declared that he would make good on his promise to pull the United States out of the agreement when he takes office...
13 December 2016
Страны мира пытаются разобраться, чем для них обернется президентство Дональда Трампа. В каком направлении будет развиваться американская политика, в том числе в области международной торговли, в ближайшие четыре года? Длительная предвыборная гонка с интенсивной борьбой республиканцев и демократов...
8 December 2016
The Australian Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) issued its report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement to the country’s parliament last week, recommending that Canberra ratify the accord. The report , released on 30 November, is one of the necessary steps towards approving...
24 November 2016
US President-elect Donald Trump confirmed on Monday that he would be pulling the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) upon taking office, in a move that has left fellow Asia-Pacific trading partners considering how this will affect plans for deepening trade ties in the region...
17 November 2016
Just over one week after the news that Donald Trump will serve as the next president of the United States, key trading partners are working to prepare for the change in leadership in the world’s largest economy, even as many of the incoming official’s policy priorities remain unclear. Trump’s...
3 November 2016
With less than one week remaining until US voters go to the polls, officials both from the current Obama administration as well as from other Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries are ramping up their efforts to build support for ratifying the 12-country pact. “The President [Barack Obama] very...
15 September 2016
US President Barack Obama continued to make the case for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) during a visit to Asia last week, warning of the risk to his country’s leadership prospects abroad should ratification efforts in Washington falter. “TPP is a core pillar of America’s rebalance to the Asia...
13 September 2016
Les perspectives d’une ratification du Partenariat transpacifique (PTP, ou TPP en anglais) par le congrès américain au cours de cette année sont en train de réduire comme peau de chagrin, et ce malgré les efforts soutenus de la Maison-Blanche pour rallier des soutiens en faveur de l’accord dans un...
7 September 2016
The prospects for the US Congress to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement are looking increasingly dim this year, despite continued efforts by the White House to build support for the deal in a fraught election climate. Meanwhile, efforts to advance negotiations for another Asia-...
24 August 2016
President Obama recently stated that he would make the case for why the US should ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) , an international integration agreement ( encompassing 12 countries and some 40 percent of global GDP ) that sets its ambitions beyond traditional trade agreements. When...
3 August 2016
Генеральный директор ВТО Роберту Азеведу призвал членов организации перейти от «размышлений к действиям», в то время как делегации готовятся к обсуждению целей, которых они хотят достичь по результатам Министерской конференции ВТО в 2017 году. Комментируя встречи, состоявшиеся в различных форматах...
30 July 2016
周二，美国民主党全国大会（DNC)正式支持希拉里克林顿成为该党的总统候选人，这之前一个礼拜，共和党也已经确认了自己的候选人。随着两党全国大会的结束，美国的民众将在两种政治观点中作出选择，确定这个国家未来的走向。目前看来，这两个主要政党在美国经济、环境和社会政策的方向上截然不同。 除了批准希拉里•克林顿成为民主党的旗手之外，该党还为即将到来的选举回合确定了最终的、非约束性政策“纲领”，包括确定未来贸易协定应当满足的一系列要求，以赢得党内的支持和继续表示支持即将离任的奥巴马总统所留下的气候变化导向政绩。 周二对希拉里•克林顿总统候选人身份的确认，...
28 July 2016
The US Democratic National Convention (DNC) endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton as its nominee for president on Tuesday, one week after Republicans confirmed their own nominee. With the convention season due to end on Thursday, American voters will now have to choose between two starkly different...
19 July 2016
Flush from their Brexit referendum victory and settling into their new ministerial offices, hopefully those responsible for trade policy in Theresa May’s government are contemplating the UK’s priorities. Fevered speculation concerns the trade deals the UK could do and – in the case of the EU – must...
8 July 2016
根据美国民主党7月1日公布的纲领草案文本，党内议员们希望看到反映强有力环境和劳工保护的贸易协定，但同时对12国跨太平洋伙伴关系协定能带来的好处怀有复杂情绪。 这份长达39页的文件还将进一步改动，它对确定该党在最后的大选阶段对一系列议题所持的立场，给出了一些初步的观点。 最后的版本有望在7月8-9日佛罗里达州奥兰多市会议之后出台，并在7月25-28日宾夕法尼亚州费城举行的民主党全国代表大会上获得通过。 费城会议还将确定希拉里克林顿成为民主党的总统候选人，这位前美国国务卿将在11月的大选中迎战来自共和党方面的可能候选人地产大亨特朗普。 贸易：承诺和结果相较...
7 July 2016
Lawmakers from the US Democratic Party wish to see trade deals that feature stronger environmental and labour protections, while having mixed feelings on the merits of the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, according to a draft version of the party’s platform released on 1 July...
30 June 2016
Just weeks ahead of the nominating conventions for the US’ two main political parties, the leading presidential candidates continue to escalate their rhetoric on trade, outlining visions which indicate sharply different approaches in policy. In a speech devoted to trade policy on Tuesday 28 June,...
2 June 2016
Ours is an age of free trade agreements (FTAs) of all sorts and of various depth and breadth in the issues they cover – simple bilateral preferential trade agreements, broad economic partnership agreements, regional trade agreements, customs unions, monetary unions, and single markets. And this...