Canada has risen to become the second largest importer of Vietnamese tra fish (pangasius) within the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

New Zealand has fired a warning shot at Canada over dairy tariffs, kicking off a dispute resolution under the trans-Pacific Partnership pact - the first of its kind. Canada's dairy tariff rate quotas (TRQs) set out how much dairy product can cross its border tariff-free.

Ratifying a dubious regional economic deal is being touted as offering a miraculous solution to Malaysia’s lacklustre economic performance of the last quarter century. This naïve advocacy is misleading at best, and downright irresponsible, even reckless, at worst.

A delegation from the Youth Division of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) yesterday said it welcomed Taiwan’s efforts to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), as it is an economic framework with strategic implications for Japan and the Indo-Pacific region.

Prime minister nominee Han Duck-soo said Tuesday that Japan will benefit the most if Korea does not join a mega free trade agreement involving 11 Asia-Pacific nations.

China submitted a formal application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in September last year

South Korea has sought support from regional trading partners for its bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), according to the country’s industry ministry.

In 2012, two U.S. analysts penned an article in Foreign Policy headlined "A Tale of Two Asias," describing the continent's contrasting Jekyll and Hyde sides.

South Korea decided Friday to join a mega free trade agreement involving 11 Asia-Pacific nations as the country seeks to diversify its export portfolio amid heightened economic uncertainty.

The Legislature passed a slew of amendments to Taiwan's intellectual property laws Friday, part of the country's efforts to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade pact.