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Eleven countries in Asia, North America, Oceania, and South America sign the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.
2018-03-8

The 11 remaining countries aiming to create the Trans-Pacific Partnership after the United States' withdrawal announce that they will sign an agreement in Chile this March.
2018-01-23

Trade ministers from 11 countries announce that they have agreed on "core elements" of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and plan to move forward with approving the trade agreement.
2017-11-11

U.S. President Donald Trump issues executive orders to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and reinstates the Mexico City Policy, a policy banning U.S. aid to foreign organizations that use funds from other sources to perform or discuss abortions, which Barack Obama scrapped in 2009.
2017-01-23

The man who served as Japan's deputy chief trade negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade deal, says that there is no room for the sort of renegotiation of a particular provision suggested by former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
2016-03-9

U.S. President Barack Obama calls on China to stop constructing artificial islands in the South China Sea. Obama’s comments to reporters come after a meeting with Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III. The U.S. president is in Manila for the latest Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit where the Trans-Pacific Partnership is the central topic of conversation. China attempts to keep the topic of the islands off the agenda.
2015-11-18

The United States Senate approves a motion giving President Barack Obama fast track authority to complete trade negotiations with 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
2015-06-24

Democrats in the United States Senate block passage of a fast-track for the Trans-Pacific Partnership sought by President Barack Obama.
2015-05-12

The United States Congress negotiates a deal to fast track the Trans-Pacific Partnership between the US and Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.
2015-04-16

Japan's Economy Minister, Akira Amari says that a completed Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement by the end of 2014 is unlikely.
2014-11-8