1. America’s Undiminished Power of Attraction

    President Obama has nominated two representatives who will lead United States trade talks over the next two years: Michael Froman, [...]

  2. Place Your Bets: Will TPP Talks Succeed?

    Following Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s visit to the United States, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been gaining momentum. The prospect [...]

  3. Various Congressional Democrats Oppose Japan’s TPP Bid

    It’s well known that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who announced Japan will join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations on [...]

  4. Japan’s Trans-Pacific Partnership Play

    “TPP” might have spelled total political paralysis for any other Japanese leader. But after stunning markets with his reflationary “Abenomics” [...]

  5. A Japan – EU Free Trade Deal?

    Amid talk of a super, transatlantic free trade zone, the eurozone now has a new potential partner: Japan. But, in [...]

  6. EU-US Free Trade Agreement: End of the Asian Century?

    Did February 12 mark the end of the “Asian Century”, barely a decade after it began? Delivering his State of [...]

  7. The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Will it Happen?

    In the future, economic and diplomatic historians could look back at the current negotiations underway between Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, [...]

  8. The Trans-Pacific Partnership: The Great Divider?

    China’s absence from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement is seen by critics as potentially costly to all. Yet with [...]