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Seventh round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) Negotiations The seventh round of TPP negotiations was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from 15-24 June 2011. TPP Parties (Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam) continued to make steady progress across all negotiating groups.

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Sixth round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) Negotiations Australia and its TPP partners (Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam) continued to make progress toward a high-quality, 21st century agreement at the sixth round of TPP negotiations held in Singapore from 24 March to 1 April 2011. Negotiators at this round focussed on narrowing the gaps in positions on the draft text and discussing initial market access offers.

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Fifth round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) Negotiations – Initial Offers Chile hosted the fifth round of TPP negotiations in Santiago from 14-18 February 2011, with the nine TPP countries (Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, Vietnam) advancing further toward their goal of developing a high quality, comprehensive, 21st century regional trade agreement.

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Update on the fourth round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiations - Vietnam’s participation as a full TPP member The fourth round of TPP negotiations was held in Auckland from 6-10 December 2010, with the nine TPP Parties (Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, Vietnam) continuing to make steady progress across the full range of issues under discussion.

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Update on the third round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations - Malaysia joins

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Update on the second round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations - solid progress The second round of TPP negotiations, held in San Francisco from 14-18 June 2010, resulted in significant progress on both the broad architecture of the agreement, and on a range of specific issues to be covered in the TPP.

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Update on the first round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations - a strong start The first formal round of TPP negotiations was held in Melbourne on 15-19 March 2010, with the participation of over 200 officials from Australia, the US, New Zealand, Chile, Singapore, Brunei, Peru and Vietnam. It was a productive first round that got the negotiations off to a strong start.

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The Seventh round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations (TPP7) in HCM City has been just wrapped up after a week. Several events at the sidelines of this TPP7 were crucial for stakeholders to have their voice and opinions heard directly by negotiators from nine Negotiating Delegations of TPP7. Among issues at the sideline events, textiles and apparel attracted the most attention and debate. The Viet Nam News interviewed Le Van Dao, Vice President of Viet Nam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) concerning the TPP debate.

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The United States and its TPP partners – Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam – concluded the fifth round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations in Santiago, Chile today, marking continued progress toward the goal of developing a high-standard, 21st-century trade agreement.

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The United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, sometimes called the Colombia Free Trade Agreement or FTA, was signed on November 22, 2006.

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