The main arguments in favor of the TPP were economic. But there’s another reason the Trump administration should rethink its promise to nix it: Its demise will weaken US national security.
Articles on Free trade agreement
Displaying 41 - 60 of 92 articles
A stalled Trans-Pacific Partnership opens the way for China, which was excluded from the agreement, to assume leadership in regional economic integration efforts in the Asia-Pacific.
Most Western trade agreements – past and present – appear to be in doubt amid an anti-globalization backlash.
President Obama still believes there’s hope to pass the 12-nation TPP deal before he leaves office, but the chances seem very slim.
The major presidential candidates each gave an economic address this week. Get behind the problems they identified and the promises they made with this roundup of key coverage from our archive.
Trump’s claims about free trade and the Trans-Pacific Partnership generally don’t hold water.
Britain’s decision to leave the EU will fundamentally affect Africa’s relationship with UK in a way that will be damaging to all.
It’s unclear what South Africa’s attitude will be to negotiating new deals with the UK and the EU. In the past seven years it has lost its appetite for trade deals, particularly with the developed world.
Leading progressives including Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have been very vocal in opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Here’s why they should get on board.
The Productivity Commission’s draft report on Australia’s intellectual property system is good. Shame it is likely to be still-born.
In 1872, free traders split with the young Republican Party, ran a third-party candidate against Ulysses S. Grant and sparked 100 years of GOP protectionism. Is history repeating itself?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is one of President Obama’s biggest accomplishments of his second term. Can it survive the anti-trade tide in the race to replace him?
Supporters of the campaign to get Britain out of the European Union are touting the prospects for trade deals around the world. The true prospects, however, are far from benign.
Countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership signed the deal earlier this month, but changes can still be made to improve the mechanism that allows investors to sue states.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership has been described by its backers as a boon for development. But with no concrete commitments, nor any mention of climate, it is really at odds with the UN development agenda.
Japan’s decision to lower or eliminate tariffs on rice, pork and beef may end up giving the prime minister a headache as he tries to get the trade accord through Parliament.
The signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership belies the fact that the US’s share of trade in the region has been declining for some time.
Trade minister Andrew Robb must now “sell” the benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership - he could do worse than to concentrate on how our services sector will gain.
Before the last round of negotiations, only a handful of issues remained in the way of concluding the TPP. A potential deal-breaker for Australia was intellectual property protections for biologics.
Analysis of free trade agreements with New Zealand, the US and Thailand show these failed to boost Australian agriculture and food imports.
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
-
Honorary research associate, University of Sydney
-
Professor of Public Health, La Trobe University
-
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Merced
-
Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (UTS:ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
-
Associate Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College
-
Professor of International Relations, American University School of International Service
-
Associate Professor, Political Science, Bryant University
-
Lecturer in Economics, Bachelor of International Business, Monash Business School, Monash University
-
Fellow, Australian National University
-
Adjunct professor, Department of Health Policy & Management, George Washington University
-
Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
-
Adjunct Associate Professor at the Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney
-
Associate Professor, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
-
Director of the Center for Latin American Studies and Professor of Letters and Science, University of California, Berkeley