SouthViews No. 165, 8 March 2018
The new CPTPP trade pact is much like the old TPP
By Martin Khor
The new agreement that eleven countries are signing on 8 March in Chile in place of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is like old wine in a new bottle — without the United States but retaining most of its controversial elements. The TPP seemed to have died when President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of it early last year. But the remaining 11 members have rescued it almost intact, giving it a new name, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
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The new CPTPP trade pact is much like the old TPP
This article was tagged: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), E-commerce, Government Procurement, Intellectual Property, Investment Policy and Protection, State-owned Enterprises, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
