TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP NEGOTIATIONS CONCLUDE SUCCESSFULLY
After five and a half years of negotiations, Singapore and 11 other countries – Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, the United States and Vietnam – successfully concluded negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on 5 October 2015, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
The TPP is a high-standard, comprehensive regional Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that will boost trade and investment flows between TPP countries as well as integrate the region into a single manufacturing base and market. Singapore companies will benefit from increased market access with all 11 other TPP countries.
Please click here for the full press release: Press release on conclusion of TPP negotiations (Final).pdf
To read the Joint Statement by the TPP Ministers, click: https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2015/october/trans-pacific-partnership-ministers
For more information on the TPP, read the TPP Factsheet: Factsheet on TPP (Final 25Sep15).pdf
Ministry of Trade and Industry
06 October 2015
06 October 2015