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Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
The latest news, analysis and opinion on Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
US President Donald Trump meets Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr in the Oval Office at the White House on July 22, 2025, in Washington. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
Asean

Opinion | Will the US’ Pax Silica deliver for the Philippines?

The Pax Silica plan to make the Philippines a vital node in a US-led tech supply chain is built on seemingly speculative promises and risks riling China.

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CPTPP

Opinion | Pacific trade vitality shows multilateralism is alive and well

China trade

Explainer | Tripwire clauses: why is China alarmed by Malaysia’s new trade deal with the US?

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John Lee policy address 2025

Hong Kong business chamber spearheads local, mainland Chinese firms’ push abroad

Federation of Hong Kong Industries to lead delegations to Osaka and Hangzhou on the back of recent Vietnam trip highlighted in policy address.

Federation of Hong Kong Industries chairman Anthony Lam (third from left) and other delegates, including Mary Huen, head of the Hong Kong Association of Banks (second from left) and Eddie Yue (right), chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, during a trip to Vietnam in September. Photo: Federation of Hong Kong Industries
US-China trade war

Open Questions | Truth in the truce: Wendy Cutler mulls if US-China trade can find lasting peace

With three decades spent shaping US trade policy from behind the scenes, Cutler touches on hot-button issues, from Trump’s executive orders to the likelihood of a lasting agreement with China.

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Open Questions series

Open Questions | China-US tariff truce likely to carry on if talks make progress, Cutler says

Trade expert Wendy Cutler expects the US and China to extend a mutual reduction in tariffs, if negotiations are productive, because both countries have been hurt by their trade war.

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Japan

Japan’s Southeast Asia diplomacy ramps up as Ishiba courts Hanoi and Manila

Ishiba’s visits follow Chinese President Xi Jinping’s own tour of the region, reflecting a broader competition for influence.

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Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba walks past members of the Philippine coastguard during his visit to Manila on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
US-China trade war

Is Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ opening the door to China to join the CPTPP?

Members of the trans-Pacific trade bloc may be more inclined to allow China to join as they look to counter US tariff threats, analysts say.

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Diplomacy

Macroscope | Trump could end up making Asia, not America, great again

The US’ presence in Asia is entrenched but the prospect of a Europe-East Asia economic alliance is one card both regions could play.

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Asean

Opinion | From Trump to tech titans, geopolitical traps await Southeast Asia

The US-China tech war and politicisation of tech firms are narrowing options for wary regional players.

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President Donald Trump speaks as SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son, Oracle Corporation chairman CEO Larry Ellison and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman listen, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on January 21. Photo: AP
US-China relations

US urged to bolster Global South ties to counter China-Russia partnership

Washington must build up relations with ‘global swing states’ and offer a more ‘affirmative and assertive’ trade policy, say authors.

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China’s President Xi Jinping and then US president Donald Trump meet in Beijing during Trump’s first term in office. Photo: Abaca Press/TNS
Britain

Britain joins trans-Pacific pact in biggest post-Brexit trade deal

The UK announced last year that it would join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

South China Sea

Help from Asean nations to counter China is unlikely: ex-Philippine Navy officer

As the Philippines pushes back in the South China Sea, ‘we have to accept that China successfully divided’ other Southeast Asian nations.

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US presidential election 2024

Opinion | How a Trump victory could benefit the world

Trump’s protectionism and isolationist leanings could allow others to fill the void left by the US to promote greater stability.

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Then-Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe (far left), then-US president Donald Trump (centre left), French president Emmanuel Macron (centre) and then-German chancellor Angela Merkel (far right) attend a meeting of the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, on August 26, 2019. Photo: dpa
US presidential election 2024

Trump doubles down on China carmakers being unwelcome in US market

‘They’re going to pay a 100 per cent or maybe even a 200 per cent tariff,’ former president declares in battleground state of Michigan.

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Former US president Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential candidate, delivers remarks at the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan, on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Asean

Southeast Asia low priority for Donald Trump in event of US election win: report

Regional countries that have benefited from the US-China trade war could face trade barriers in a second Trump term, the Lowy Institute says.

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US-Asean relations

An America under Trump 2.0 makes Asia anxious – again

Asian nations are watching the 2024 US election with trepidation, worried a Trump comeback could upend the geopolitical landscape once more.

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US presidential election 2024

Opinion | The world will look back on US foreign policy under Biden with nostalgia

Whether Trump or Harris wins, Biden’s departure will mark the end of an era of distinctly multilateral American leadership

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US-China relations

To boost US sway in Indo-Pacific, promote economic development: Senate

Washington should offer ‘alternatives to what our competitors are offering’, says Foreign Relations committee chair, referring to Beijing’s advances.

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United States

Opinion | How Biden’s foreign and trade policy flip-flops are confusing US allies

Biden’s statements on Taiwan, the US-China relationship and trade in the Indo-Pacific are creating confusion and mistrust. To keep his allies and supporters on board, he needs a decisive strategy – something he could learn from Kissinger and other political realists.

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US-China relations

Opinion | Sino-US conflict, China crash? Xi-Biden dialogue suggests otherwise

US dialogue efforts, President Xi Jinping’s warm reception in San Francisco, including from business leaders, and China’s still-impressive economic growth say it all.

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US President Joe Biden gives a thumbs-up as he walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Filoli estate on the sidelines of the Apec summit, in Woodside, California, on November 15. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

US business group calls for progress on IPEF ‘trade pillar’ as talks hit snag

Two Democratic senators have asked Joe Biden’s administration to drop the trade element from the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, citing a lack of ‘enforceable labour standards’.

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks alongside Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity launch event in Tokyo on May 23, 2022. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

US economic approach to China must be ‘serious, clear-eyed’: Yellen

While reiterating Washington seeks not to decouple from Beijing, treasury secretary outlines strategy to expand trade in the Indo-Pacific.

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China-Australia relations

Exclusive | Canberra ‘will not oppose’ China’s CPTPP trade-pact bid

China has been trying to gain entry into the Asia-Pacific trade pact for two years, and Australia says it will ‘consider China’s application on its merits’ as bilateral ties warm.

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South Korea

South Korea, UAE complete talks for bilateral trade deal

Investment ties between the nations have been steadily advancing, and South Korea was one of the first countries with which the Gulf state launched talks about the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).

United Arab Emirates’ Minister of Foreign Trade Thani Al Zeyoudi and South Korea’s Trade Minister Dukgeun Ahn meet in Seoul. Photo: Reuters
China-EU relations

Opinion | In Thailand, China’s EV makers have found a refuge from EU subsidy probe

Thailand is quickly becoming Southeast Asia’s EV manufacturing hub as Chinese carmakers escaping geopolitical tensions set up shop in a state which has good relations with all the great powers.

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Performers present Hozon NETA V, a Chinese electric car, in Bangkok on August 24, 2022. Hozon Auto is among several Chinese EV makers with plans to set up production in Thailand. Photo: EPA-EFE
US-China relations

Opinion | To counter China’s Global South dominance, US must put trade before arms

The US still has distinct advantages, including, critically, a growing population. But it must ease off sanctions and its single-minded focus on security.

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Diplomacy

Asian Angle | US-Japan-South Korea’s boosted 3-way security ties still face domestic hurdles

High-flown rhetoric trumpeting a new ‘alliance’ between the three nations conceals political realities that were swept under the rug at last month’s Camp David summit.

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