The TPP comprises 12 nations and includes Japan but not China. Representing 26% of world trade and

In this file photo taken on Aug.... Japanese ministers with responsibilities related to the TPP

other areas under the 11-member TPP, formally known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement

accede to the free trade agreement.... Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan's minister in charge of TPP

If 2011 witnessed the United States’ “return to the Asia-Pacific,” the focus of U. S.

press conference in Tokyo.... Japan and Singapore are part of the 11-member TPP, formally known as the

" We must thoroughly assess whether China is ready to fulfill the high-standard rules of the TPP

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, speaks during a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at Parliament House, Canberra, on Dec.... In December last year, President Moon Jae In expressed willingness to consider joining the pact, formally known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.... South Korea is already a member of the 15-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade agreement, which will take effect on Jan.

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, center, appears on stage with video links to Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, and U.S. President Joe Biden at a joint press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, on Sept.... The minister suggested the reopening of ministerial-level trade talks is also a prerequisite for starting the negotiations.... Amid deteriorating relations between Canberra and Beijing, particularly since Australia early last year called for an independent revie

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a vaccination centre at the StoneX Stadium, home of the rugby club Saracens, in North London on June 21, 2021.... London is keen to boost trade with the region following its decision to leave the European Union, and sees the free trade area--estimated to be worth 9 trillion pounds($ 12.5 trillion), according to the government--as a source of growth in the coming years.... The nations in the bloc, officially called the Comprehensive and Progressive