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U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has suspended its efforts to win congressional approval for his Asian free-trade deal before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, saying on Friday that TPP's fate was up to Trump and Republican lawmakers.
Donald Trump's surprise victory in U.S. presidential election on Tuesday delivered a major blow to President Barack Obama's legacy on trade, as any hope of enacting his signature Pacific trade deal quickly faded after the election.
The Obama administration has given up all hope of enacting the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, just days after a surprise victory of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in U.S. election, local media reported Friday.
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.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will not get a vote in Senate this year.
U.S. President Barack Obama's signature Pacific trade deal seems unlikely to pass Congress before he leaves office in January, with growing opposition in both parties and the rise of anti-trade rhetoric in current presidential campaign, experts said.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that chances for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement to get a vote in Congress this year are "pretty slim".
Japan's Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Hiroshi Moriyama admitted he accepted 200,000 yen (1,955 U.S. dollars) in September last year from the head of the Japan Poultry Association, while working as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's committee head dealing with the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The Vietnamese government is scheduled to submit the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to the parliament for ratification in July.
Japanese global logistics company Nippon Express Co. is targeting Islamic markets by improving its halal credentials ahead of the implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact.
The Thai government is urged to give a clear decision to join the Trans-Pacific-Partnership (TPP) by April, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met separately with US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and Trade Representative Michael Froman in Washington, DC on Thursday, ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit.
The New Zealand wood industry Wednesday called out the government to better tackle non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in its international trade pacts.
China does not feel targeted by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a U.S.-backed regional trade accord, Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng said at a press conference Tuesday.
Indonesia should consider joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement as part of a strategy to reduce dependency on China, which mostly consumes raw materials and low-grade products, an economist has said.
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders's smashing victories in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday have complicated the path for U.S. Congress to approve the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal this year, with the booming anti-trade fervor haunting the 2016 presidential campaign.
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