Twelve countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations will hold a ministerial meeting Dec. 7 to 9 in Singapore, with an aim to conclude a deal by year-end, official sources said Monday.

At the 2013 APEC meeting, TPP Ministers have made a Report to TPP Leaders on progress of TPP negotiations up to now:

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – The 12 countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations are unlikely to ease their individual food safety s

The 19th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement negotiations were held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, on 24 – 30 August 2013.

Parties made solid progress across the text of the agreement and had productive discussions on a range of more challenging issues, as the negotiations entered an advanced stage. On 23 July, TPP parties welcomed the newest member Japan to the negotiating table for the first time.

TPP negotiations which are in the end stage are slated to be basically concluded by the end of 2013. Meanwhile, Vietnamese enterprises have not thoroughly understood about, have not kept up with and prepared readily for this agreement. To deal with this problem, WTO center-VCCI coordinated with The Saigon Times to organize: 

Vietnam is currently one of twelve countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The negotiations are in the important stage with discussions on many groups which are controversial.

As negotiations on a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have resulted in near-complete texts for many of the pact’s 29 chapters, leaked texts have revealed that many of the most damaging provisions from past “free trade” agreements (FTAs) are being replicated in the TPP.

Negotiators maintained strong momentum toward achieving a high-quality and comprehensive agreement, guided by the plan of action set in April by the trade ministers from TPP parties in the margins of the APEC meeting in Surabaya, Indonesia. Parties succeeded in making progress in many chapters of the agreement, including in sanitary and phytosanitary measures, trade remedies, labour, government procurement, cross-border trade in services and legal and institutional issues.

On June 20 Malaysian Government posted on the website of Malaysia's Ministry of International Trade and Industry a Brief on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) which highlights Malaysia most difficult areas in TPP: Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), State-Owned Enterprises, Labour and Environment.Download the Brief here: