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South Korea decided Friday to join a mega free trade agreement involving 11 Asia-Pacific nations as the country seeks to diversify its export portfolio amid heightened economic uncertainty.

SEJONG -- South Korea on Monday has expressed its commitment to joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is aimed at multilateral free trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific region.

A representative of various citizen networks went to the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday to submit a letter objecting to the push to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), claiming that capitalists will be the main ones to benefit.

The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) said that it will call on the PM as well as ministers of foreign affairs and commerce to reconsider the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Taiwan request to join the Asian-Pacifics biggest working trade deal, coming just days after Chinas submitted its own bid, presents the member nations with a difficult choice - admit one, both or neither?

The Department of Trade Negotiations (DTN) said on Monday that Thailand is reevaluating the pros and cons of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) free trade agreement after China signed the pact last week.

Thailand will push to enter more free trade agreements after the country and other 14 nations signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) last week, said Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai.

PETALING JAYA,  Malaysia is urged to support Taiwan's bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), says Anne Hung, the Representative of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Malaysia.

Thailand’s chief trade negotiator said the country had missed its chance to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) this year.

The private sector is calling on the government to make a decision on the trans-Pacific partnership as Thailand seems to be losing opportunities as Japanese businesses consider relocating to Vietnam.

An extraordinary committee tasked with studying whether Thailand should join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has said it requires another 60 days.

The Department of Intellectual Property has eased public concerns about Thailand losing the the right to Compulsory Licensing (CL) of drugs if it joins the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).