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Historic TPP deal faces skeptics in U.S. Congress

Oct. 5, 2015 at 6:30 pm CDT

Atlanta | Reuters –– Twelve Pacific Rim countries on Monday reached the most ambitious trade pact in a generation, aiming to liberalize commerce in 40 per cent of the world’s economy in a deal that faces skepticism from U.S. lawmakers. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact struck in Atlanta after marathon […]

Dawson: Ag exporters applaud historic TPP deal

Oct. 5, 2015 at 5:43 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

VanRaes: TPP deal seen shrinking supply-managed markets

Oct. 5, 2015 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Shannon VanRaes

Market access, income supports come with Trans-Pacific pact

Oct. 5, 2015 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Staff

Election shifts attention to trade deal as race narrows

Oct. 5, 2015 at 12:53 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

Canada says TPP offers limited access to dairy market

Oct. 5, 2015 at 9:04 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada said on Monday that a major trade deal agreed by 12 Pacific nations would only allow limited access to protected Canadian domestic dairy and poultry markets, a politically sensitive issue ahead of the Oct. 19 election. Officials said the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would offer up […]

By David Ljunggren

After five years of negotiations, TPP talks near deal

Oct. 4, 2015 at 5:53 pm CDT

Atlanta | Reuters — A dozen Pacific nations closed in on a sweeping free trade pact on Sunday in Atlanta after a breakthrough over how long a monopoly pharmaceutical companies should be given on new biotech drugs. The issue has pitted the U.S., which has argued for longer protections, against […]

By Krista Hughes

TPP deal near resolution, Japan says

Oct. 2, 2015 at 7:23 pm CDT

Atlanta | Reuters — Japan’s Economy Minister Akira Amari said on Friday negotiators were close to reaching a sweeping Pacific Rim trade deal, citing progress on the remaining issues involving autos, dairy products and intellectual property protections for expensive biologic drugs. Amari, who spoke to reporters before a meeting of the […]

By Reuters

Pacific trade ministers extend talks through Saturday

Oct. 2, 2015 at 7:14 pm CDT

Atlanta | Reuters — Pacific trade ministers are extending talks on a free trade deal between a dozen nations through Saturday in a bid to reach a final agreement, representatives from Japan and Mexico said Thursday. Japanese Economy Minister Akira Amari said the extension on Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks in […]

By Reuters

NDP would not feel bound by Pacific trade deal

Oct. 2, 2015 at 6:39 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s main opposition party said Friday that if it won an Oct. 19 election, it would not feel bound by the terms of a major Pacific trade deal the ruling Conservatives are negotiating in the United States. The New Democrats, currently trailing third in the polls, […]

By David Ljunggren