International Business Times: Trans-Pacific Partnership: US, Pacific Rim Nations Reach TPP Trade Deal

ATLANTA — Ending seven years of stop-and-start negotiations, officials from 12 Pacific Rim countries clinched early Monday a free-trade agreement that will allow two-fifths of the world’s goods and services to move more easily — but not entirely freely — across national borders. The pact, known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, also poses a challenge to China, by…

Ford Statement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership

  Editor’s Note:  The following is a statement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) from Ziad Ojakli, Group Vice President for Government and Community Relations: WASHINGTON, DC, October  5, 2015 – “As a top U.S. exporter, Ford supports free trade agreements that result in real market openings and a level playing field for all to compete. “Within…

News Release: Domestic Manufacturers Reject Trans-Pacific Partnership Deal Announced Today

  U.S. Business and Industry Council Fighting for American companies Fighting for American jobs    Contact Kevin L. Kearns: 202 957 9994 Washington, October 5 – The members of the U.S. Business and Industry Council (USBIC) categorically reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal announced this morning as completely inadequate to serve the interests of American manufacturers,…

Inside US Trade: TPP Talks Likely To Stretch To Weekend Despite Auto Progress, Levin To Travel To Atlanta

ATLANTA — The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ministerial taking place here is now considered increasingly likely to last beyond Friday (Oct. 2) due to continuing differences on dairy market access and monopoly protections for biologic drugs, despite key parties being close to a deal on the automotive rules of origin. [Reposted from Inside US Trade  | …

A look at U.S. beef imports vs. exports

  The United States imported 2.95 billion pounds and exported 2.57 billion of beef in 2014.  This was the first year since 2009 that imports exceeded exports.  [by Rob Cook | September 30, 2015 | Drovers Cattle Network] The first time that the United States ever exported more beef than it imported was in 2010.…

Inside U.S. Trade: “U.S. Formally Proposes Carveout Of Anti-Tobacco Measures From ISDS”

  ATLANTA – In a move that is likely to ignite a firestorm on Capitol Hill, the Obama administration on Wednesday (Sept. 30) formally proposed language in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement that would prevent tobacco control measures from being challenged under the deal’s investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism, according to sources close to the…