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Trade Explainer: EU-CPTPP Cooperation and The Search For New Coalitions

Antonia Wunnerlich | The German Marshall Fund of the United States | 04/08/2026

The latest World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference (MC14) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, ended on a note of frustration. The conference ran nearly two days beyond its scheduled close, and participants…

The EU-CPTPP Plan Sends a Message to World Trade Order

Keith M. Rockwell | The Hinrich Foundation | 07/15/2025

A EU-CPTPP agreement will not emerge overnight. Ne...

Operationalising Ursula von der Leyen’s CPTPP Ambitions

Tim Groser, Steve Verheul & John Clarke | Borderlex | 07/01/2025

European Commission president Ursula vo...

The CPTPP: a Benefit of Brexit

Catherine McBride | Briefings for Britain | 09/04/2024

Britain is now a party to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Tr...

US Trade Agreements: Out with the Old and In with the New?

Sahra English | Atlantic Council | 04/18/2023

As the United States moves ahead with a new approach to ...

International Trade Policy is a Vital Part of Our Fight Against Climate Change

Lloyd Russell-Moyle | Labour List | 03/06/2023

One of Joe Biden’s key achievements ...

Look Skeptically at China’s CPTPP Application

Joanna Shelton | Center for Strategic and International Studies | 11/18/2021

China formally applied to the Compre...

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