Trans Pacific Partnership

This is a watershed year for the digitization of global supply chains as companies respond to new initiatives enacted by governments and inter-governmental organizations. Those too timid to take the risk of making a mistake will simply lose out.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says there's no reason to ‘throw away’ TPP concessions and that NAFTA is at best an obsolete agreement during an interview with Bloomberg's David Gura at the Bloomberg Breakaway Summit in New York.

US President Donald Trump dealt a death blow to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal being negotiated between 12 nations who represent more 40% of the global economy.

Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gathered in Lima, Peru, just after Donald Trump’s stunning victory in the U.S. presidential election in November to regroup—and perhaps rethink—free trade alternatives for the coming year.

More companies have recognized the benefits of automating global trade and have initiated Global Trade Management projects.

In a YouTube video outlining plans for his first 100 days in office, US President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed that the US will pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership - a trade deal involving 12 Pacific Rim nations - "on day one" of his presidency.

If the the Trans-Pacific Partnership does not pass, the United States would not only forego substantial economic gains, but would also face trade diversion and enjoy less market access compared with other countries such as China.

This report, prepared by The Trade Partnership for NRF, describes how the TPP will have a significant positive impact on American families, workers and the retailers who seek to provide them with a wide range of goods at affordable prices.

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, who is expected to be the incoming Senate minority leader told labor leaders this week that the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal at the center of President Obama’s “pivot” to strengthen ties with key Asian allies, will not be ratified by Congress.

Global shippers are well aware of the number of new trade agreements being inked that will make it easier for U.S. organizations to not only source product from emerging markets, but also open the door to deliver goods into quickly growing consumer bases.

The Obama administration this morning released the long-awaited text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, setting the stage for a divisive fight in Congress next year that will once again pit Barack Obama against most of his fellow Democrats.

Now that the US, Japan and 10 other Pacific Rim economies have reached agreement to strike the largest trade pact seen anywhere in a generation, it is up to President Barack Obama to convince Congress that the deal is in our best interests.

The United States has been negotiating multiple trade agreements for quite some time, although the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) lacks the formal trade authority as delegated from Congress.

Hillary Clinton on Sunday finally responded to those who have said she has dodged the hot-button issue of international trade - Bernie Sanders is calling Hillary’s TPP Stance a Cop-Out.

The U.S. House of Representatives has dealt a stunning blow to President Barack Obama’s free-trade agenda with a large number of Democrats defied their fellow Democratic president to defeat a critical part of a legislative package that would have provided assistance to American workers who might lose their jobs if a major Asia-Pacific trade agreement is forged.