Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership May Differ Significantly from TPP

By Kevin E. Noonan — In the wake of President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (see "Why President Trump Is Wrong about Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement"), the other countries involved in negotiations (Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam) agreed to continue to implement the treaty without U.S. involvement (see "Trans-Pacific Partnership Becoming a Reality"). But while it is likely that the treaty will come into effect among at least some countries, under the name the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership or CPTPP, the parties recently released the results of…Original Article