Inside Trade

November 2, 2025

FTA Central

New Zealand Fact Sheet On TPP IP Chapter Includes 'Balance' Provision On Copyrights

New Zealand Government Fact Sheet

Previously Posted:
Final TPP Deal Contains Non-Binding Language On Copyright Limitations

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Wikileaks Publishes Purported Final Text Of TPP IP Chapter

Final Text Of TPP's Intellectual Property Chapter, As Leaked By Wikileaks

Wikileaks Press Release

Editor's Note: All of the analysis was done by Public Citizen's Global Access To Medicines Program and Third World Network, with the exception of the analysis on transition periods on pharmaceutical intellectual property rules. That analysis was done by Public Citizen.

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USTR Confirms 11th TTIP Round To Be Held In Miami From Oct. 19-23

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Tuesday (Oct. 6) confirmed that the 11th round of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Negotiations (TTIP) will take place in Miami from Oct. 19-23. Repeating past practice, stakeholders will have an opportunity to give brief presentations in the middle of the negotiating round, in a session lasting from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on Oct. 21, according to an announcement. The chief negotiators for the U.S. and EU will hold a briefing for stakeholders afterward...

U.S. Secures Tariff Phaseouts Of 25 Years For Japanese Autos, 30 For Trucks

ATLANTA -- Under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal announced this week, the United States will eliminate its 25 percent tariff on trucks after 30 years, and its 2.5 percent tariff on automobiles after 25 years. Under a U.S.-Japan understanding from April 2013, the phaseouts on all motor vehicles will be "backloaded to the maximum extent." That agreement had also provided that the treatment for motor vehicles from Japan under TPP would "substantially exceed" that provided in the U.S.-Korea free trade...

USTR Report Highlights Possible State-By-State Benefits From TPP Tariff Reductions

Office Of The U.S. Trade Representative Report

Previously Posted:
USTR Details TPP Specifics With Fact Sheets On Issue Areas

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Earnest Says Trade Politics Around TPP 'Tough' Among Dems Despite Provisions On Labor

Press Briefing By White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest

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Colorado Rep. Coffman Says Taiwan Should Be Allowed To Join TPP

House Floor Extension Remarks By Representative Mike Coffman

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Royce Urges Taiwanese Accession To TPP In Second Round As Means To Enhance Relations

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TPP Rule Of Origin Is 45% For Vehicles, With Caveats; 35-45% For Auto Parts

The final Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal announced this week contains rules of origin for the automotive sector that require 45 percent regional value content for finished vehicles under a complicated accounting method, along with a regional value content threshold between 35 and 45 percent for auto parts, according to informed sources. Both of these figures are under the “net cost” method used in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which is calculated by considering only the costs directly related...

Mexican Automakers Support TPP Vehicle ROO; Say It Won't Weaken NAFTA

The head of the association representing Mexican auto companies this week said his group was “comfortable” with the 45 percent regional value content requirement for finished motor vehicles included in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, even though North American automakers had previously pressed for 50 percent. Speaking at an Oct. 7 press conference in Mexico, Eduardo Solis, executive president of the Mexican Automotive Industry Association, also argued that the 45 percent threshold for vehicles is “comparable” to the 62.5 percent...

Hatch Signals Potential TPP Changes; Ryan Withholds Final Judgment

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on Wednesday (Oct. 7) repeatedly signaled the possibility that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal as announced may have to be changed to be satisfactory to Congress, as he questioned whether it meets the negotiating objectives laid out in the fast-track law in such areas as intellectual property protection for biologic drugs, shielding tobacco regulations from investor-state challenges, and labor commitments. He noted that the Obama administration and 11 other trading partners over last...

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