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1. Business - Economy - TRADE

   Trans-Pacific tariff talks expand to include Japan

   Posted Apr 22nd 2013, 12:00am by Bloomberg

   ... Business Economy Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Japan Bloomberg in Tokyo Japan will be admitted to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade talks, the existing 11 members of the negotiations said in a statement issued at the weekend after a meeting in Indonesia. Trade ministers from the TPP nations "agreed by consensus to finalise with Japan the process for entry ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1220195/trans-pacific-tariff-talks-expand-include-japan
2. News - World

   Briefs, December 9, 2012

   Posted Dec 09th 2012, 12:00am by AGENCIES

   ... of loyalists close to the city centre and five people were arrested, police said. AFP   New Zealand trade protest turns violent WELLINGTON - A protest aimed at disrupting Trans-Pacific Partnership ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1100929/briefs-december-9-2012
3. News - Asia - TRADE

   Japan hints at joining Pacific free trade pact

   Posted Dec 24th 2012, 03:12pm by AFP

   ... News Asia Trans-Pacific Partnership Shinzo Abe Liberal Democratic Party Agence France-Presse in Tokyo Japan’s new government led by incoming prime minister Shinzo Abe has suggested it may join a US-backed Pacific-wide free trade deal, a report said on Monday. Tokyo has previously shown interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) but remained non-committal in the face ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1112129/japan-hints-joining-pacific-free-trade-pact
4. News - Asia

   Hillary Clinton courts Asia, welcomes China in US-led trade talks

   Posted Nov 18th 2012, 12:00am by Bloomberg

   ... the US aims to combine the 11-country Trans-Pacific Partnership with other regional trade agreements to transform global commerce. "For the first time in modern history, nations are becoming ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1084966/hillary-clinton-courts-asia-welcomes-china-us-led-trade-talks
5. News - Asia - JAPAN

   Japan must decide on trade pact before polls

   Posted Nov 09th 2012, 02:58pm by Agence France-Presse in Tokyo

   ... News Asia Trans-Pacific Partnership TPP Seiji Maehara Yukio Edano Agence France-Presse in Tokyo A government minister on Friday said Japan had to decide on its participation in a huge Pacific-wide free trade deal before national polls, in what could be an early salvo in the election campaign. Tokyo has been noncommittal on the US-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) amid fierce ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1078588/japan-must-decide-trade-pact-polls
6. JAPAN

   Japan must decide on trade pact before polls

   Posted Nov 09th 2012, 02:56pm by Agence France-Presse in Tokyo

   ... Trans-Pacific Partnership TPP Seiji Maehara Yukio Edano Agence France-Presse in Tokyo A government minister on Friday said Japan had to decide on its participation in a huge Pacific-wide free trade deal before national polls, in what could be an early salvo in the election campaign. Tokyo has been noncommittal on the US-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) amid fierce ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/1078587/japan-must-decide-trade-pact-polls
7. Comment - Insight & Opinion - LEADER

   Big hurdles to three-way, free trade talks

   Posted Apr 01st 2013, 12:00am by STAFF

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion International Trade Free Trade Agreement China trade Trans-Pacific Partnership Global trade SCMP Editorial Territorial tensions, rivalries and suspicions are hardly the ideal environment for long-awaited free-trade talks between China, Japan and South Korea. But Beijing's wish to counter the American-led push for a Trans-Pacific partnership (TPP) ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1204253/big-hurdles-three-way-free-trade-talks
8. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Trade blocs should promote co-operation, not competition

   Posted Nov 15th 2012, 12:00am by SCMP Editorial

   ... the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which already included Singapore, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand, the US seized on it as its main regional trade initiative and linked it to non-tariff issues ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1082622/trade-blocs-should-promote-co-operation-not-competition
9. Business - Comment - MONITOR

   Debate stance on China shows cynicism of two US candidates

   Posted Oct 24th 2012, 12:00am by Tom Holland

   ... business people have long believed; that the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement being pursued by the US is aimed primarily at exerting pressure on Beijing, which has been excluded from ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1068209/debate-stance-china-shows-cynicism-two-us-candidates
10. News - China - TRADE

    Beijing in push for free trade deal with Japan, South Korea

    Posted Mar 27th 2013, 12:00am by Julian Ryall, Cary Huang

    ... Washington's push for a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has so far excluded China. "To strengthen its economic ties and counter the US-initiated TPP, China is eager to push the regional free trade ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1200590/beijing-push-free-trade-deal-japan-and-south-korea

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