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Formal request to be made Monday but critics claim ‘club of the medium-sized’ brings few benefits
RCEP will cover almost a third of global economic output and leave door open to India
The retiring prime minister has brought new ideas and energy to Japan
Outpouring of emotion reflects broader discontent as well as bad taste left by past FTAs
Negotiations between Thailand and 11 member-nations set to start in August
Finance minister sees future as financial centre and less dependent on copper
Trump’s announcement of outline agreement leaves Tokyo with little to celebrate
Talks will resume in Washington this week after Trump’s latest tariff threat
Producers urge Trump to start trade talks as they lose Asian market share to rivals
Surge in imports illustrates consequences of US decision to withdraw from treaty
Eleven-member pact gives rare momentum to liberalised trade amid global tariff wars
UK should keep trade policy oriented towards EU after Brexit
Japanese prime minister talks Brexit, Trump, trade and North Korea in FT interview
Over-reliance on the US market is a risky strategy as global trade tension rises
Proposal runs up against May’s Chequers strategy of staying in single market
Analysts compare US $113m commitment with $1tn China infrastructure drive
The US president sees his ‘flexible’ approach to policy as a way to make a good deal
US president remains opposed to TPP unless offered ‘a deal we could not refuse’
Failure to support an indispensable ally will have consequences
US president’s second U-turn on Pacific trade adds to pressure on Japan’s Shinzo Abe
A bilateral trade deal with Japan could represent a political win for both Trump and Abe
Other parties are rightly cautious about Trump’s unexpected desire to rejoin
Geostrategic and domestic rural pressures prompt order to examine case for joining partnership
But trade officials signal resistance to attempts by Donald Trump to renegotiate deal
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