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Trump considers re-joining Pacific trade pact he once spurned

USPresidentDonaldTrumphasaskedhistradeadviserstolookatrejoiningtheTrans-PacificPartnership(TPP),amultinationaltradepacthewithdrewtheUnitedStatesfromlastyear,Whi

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Eleven nations - but not U.S. - to sign Trans-Pacific trade deal

ElevencountriesareexpectedtosignalandmarkAsia-PacifictradeagreementinSantiagoonThursday,asanantidotetotheincreasinglyprotectionistbentoftheUnitedStates,whichlas

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Has the US TPP renegotiation become easy?

TheUSisreconsideringengagementinoneoftheworld’slargesttradedealafterleavingtheremaining11membersoftheTrans-PacificPartnership(TPP)whowillsignarevisedpactonMarch

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Japan, New Zealand pledge to carry forward TPP despite U.S. withdrawal

Japan and New Zealand pledged on Wednesday to carry forward the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact despite the withdrawal of the United States.

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Japan-India nuclear pact clears Japan's Lower House

A civilian nuclear cooperation pact between Japan and India cleared the Lower House on Tuesday, paving the way for Tokyo to export nuclear power equipment and technology to the fast-growing economy not part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

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Japan-India nuclear pact clears Japan's Lower House

AciviliannuclearcooperationpactbetweenJapanandIndiaclearedtheLowerHouseonTuesday,pavingthewayforTokyotoexportnuclearpowerequipmentandtechnologytothefast-growing

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S.Korean cabinet endorses military intelligence pact with Japan amid public opposition

South Korea on Tuesday endorsed a bilateral military intelligence pact with Japan at a cabinet meeting despite public and parliamentary opposition.

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S. Korea, Japan to sign intel-sharing pact Wednesday

​South Korea and Japan plan to sign a military intelligence-sharing pact this week to better counter mounting threats from North Korea, the defense ministry said Monday.

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Japan kicks off parliament session with TPP, constitutional change in focus

​Japan's National Diet kicked off a 66-day extraordinary session on Monday, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies, as well as whether to swiftly ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact and to change the pacifist Constitution, under the spotlight.

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Japan's gov't may postpone TPP ratification due to stalled talks with opposition camp

​Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition under the stewardship of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may delay the approval of the already signed Trans-Pacific Partnership accord owing to a number of related rifts with opposition parties, local media reported Wednesday.

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70 percent of Taiwan wants cross-Strait pact review

A survey made public here Friday, showed 70.4 percent of Taiwan people want to review the controversial cross-Strait service trade pact clause by clause "right now".

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S. Korea, Japan, U.S. intelligence sharing not to be on defense talks agenda

The issue on whether to share military intelligence between South Korea, Japan and the United States will not be on the agenda of the three-way defense talks scheduled to be held in Washington next week, Seoul's Defense Ministry said Friday.

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Taiwan students to withdraw from legislative building

Student protest leaders Monday announced that they would retreat from the chamber of Taiwan's legislative building at 6 p.m. Thursday.

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Taiwanese take to streets over service pact

Over 100,000 people on Sunday afternoon flocked to streets in Taipei to protest a cross-Strait service trade pact, while businesses executives called for an end to the protest.

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Taiwan seeks end of student protest

Over a week into the students' occupation of Taiwan's legislative building, both the ruling party and its opposition have shown intent on finding a peaceful end to the standoff over a cross-Strait service pact.

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Taiwan's leader defends service pact against protest

Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on Sunday defended the cross-Strait service trade pact.

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Protesters break into Taiwan administrative building

Students and members of the public stormed into the building of Taiwan's administrative authority on Sunday evening in protest about a cross-Strait service pact.