TPP deal to open up new markets for manufacturers

Posted on 6 Oct 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
The signing of the TPP deal was announced at a press conference in Atlanta yesterday. Image courtesy of USTR.

Negotiations to finalise the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement were successfully completed yesterday, with a finished deal signed.

Agreed between 12 countries, including the US, Australia, Japan, Canada, Singapore and Vietnam, the deal will cover over 40% of the global economy. The signing of this deal followed a last-minute round of talks in Atlanta, marking the culmination of 8 years of negotiations to bring together the largest free-trade agreement in history. Effectively, it will…

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