27 Jan 2022
Will the EU step up to secure rules-based Indo-Pacific trade?
The rivalry with China is systemic and heft is needed to anchor market-orientated trade.
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4 Oct 2021
The scope to negotiate with China on the CPTPP
It would be useful to have more cooperative economic ballast in relations, even as other things might deteriorate. -
28 Sep 2021
Australia’s real leverage in China’s CPTTP bid
Beijing has handed Canberra an unexpected bargaining chip. The question is how to best use it? -
2 Jul 2021
Playing catch-up: Britain’s re-engagement with Southeast Asia
UK Foreign Secretary manages a mid-pandemic whistle-stop tour of Asian nations in a bid to promote “Global Britain”. -
6 May 2021
Economic diplomacy: Patent politics and trade deal twists
President Biden moves to suspend vaccine patents, RCEP ramps up, IA-CEPA gets a lesson and US dollar reserves tank. -
22 Feb 2021
Expanding the CPTPP: A form guide to prospective members
South Korea? Britain? China? Which country would you bet on to be the next big winner? -
29 Oct 2018
Is the TPP worth it?
Despite the hype, there are serious questions whether the benefits of the TPP really outweigh its costs. -
14 Mar 2018
CPTPP wobbles over foreign investor rights
After years of negotiation and drama, the revived agreement on balance is probably advantageous for global trade. -
5 Mar 2018
The long road back for the US to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Donald Trump’s decision to place levies on steel and aluminium imports has squashed hope the US may be adopting a more sensible view on trade. -
29 Jan 2018
Don’t renegotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Negotiations that enhance trade openness would be fine, but it is clear this is not what Trump has in mind. -
19 Jan 2018
Behind the Australia–Canada ‘wine war’
Given Australia's disappointment over Canada's last-minute TPP snub, Trade Minister Steven Ciobo likely had no hesitation in lodging the complaint over wine. -
13 Nov 2017
Whoa, Canada: Explaining the TPP deal that wasn’t
A stuff-up stops agreement in Vietnam but not hope of an ambitious final deal. -
1 May 2017
Trans-Pacific Partnership without America
The reasons behind Japan's about-face on a TPP-11 may become clearer later this month. -
30 Nov 2016
Why the TPP should be saved
It would be a great pity if all the work that went into concluding the TPP was lost.