Inside Trade

November 2, 2025

FTA Central

Forty-Three House Democrats Warn That TPP Must Not Undermine Fight Against Climate Change

Editor's Note: The following 43 House Democrats signed this letter: Reps. Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Donna Edwards (D-MD), Keith Ellison (D-MN), John Garamendi (D-CA), Raúl M.

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State Dept. Spokesman Shrugs Off Questions About Clinton's Stance On TPP, Reiterates Kerry's Support

Press Briefing By Secretary Of State Spokesperson John Kirby

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QUESTION: I wanted to ask – yesterday Hillary Clinton expressed her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, distancing herself from a central tenet of Administration policy that she helped craft while she was Secretary of State.

MR KIRBY: Yeah.

QUESTION: I was wondering what the reaction was in the building to that.

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EU, Tunisia To Kick Off FTA Negotiations Next Week

 

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European Commission Press Release

personally conveying my congratulations when I visit Tunis next week. We need keep working for closer ties between the EU and Tunisia, and to support the country's progress going forward. Closer trade relations play an important role here." During her visit in Tunis, Commissioner Malmström

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Earnest Says Provisions Within TPP Satisfy TPA Negotiating Objectives On Currency Manipulation

Press Briefing From White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest

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Q And if I could just switch topics, then, on the news that came out yesterday after the briefing, when Hillary Clinton announced her opposition to the TPP agreement.

MR. EARNEST: I saw that, too. (Laughter.)

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Final TPP Deal On Drug IP Has One Standard With Transitions, Leak Shows

The purported leaked text of the final Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) intellectual property chapter shows that countries have agreed on a single set of obligations to protect pharmaceutical IP but have given developing economies transition periods to implement some of them that could last up to 18 years in the case of Vietnam. The substantive obligations of the final IP chapter with regard to drugs -- released by Wikileaks on Friday (Oct. 9) and dated Oct. 5 -- require parties to...

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