EU, CPTPP members open trade dialogue amid ‘particularly challenging’ times

The European Union and the members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership on Thursday opened a “trade and investment dialogue” amid what they called “a particularly challenging time for the global trading system,” pledging cooperation on improving that system while considering how to expand trade between the two blocs. The meeting of EU and CTPPP member country representatives, held in Melbourne, Australia, yielded a joint statement in which they touted a “shared understanding” in a host of...