The Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) is a trade agreement, signed in March 2018, between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. Photo: AFP The Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) is a trade agreement, signed in March 2018, between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. Photo: AFP
The Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) is a trade agreement, signed in March 2018, between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. Photo: AFP

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China renews interest in trans-Pacific trade pact that followed TPP amid escalating US tensions

  • Premier Li Keqiang said last week that China was willing to consider joining the Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP)
  • CPTPP is a trade agreement, signed in March 2018, between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam

Topic |   China trade
Orange Wang
Orange Wang

Updated: 10:37pm, 4 Jun, 2020

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The Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) is a trade agreement, signed in March 2018, between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. Photo: AFP The Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) is a trade agreement, signed in March 2018, between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. Photo: AFP
The Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) is a trade agreement, signed in March 2018, between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. Photo: AFP
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