What Is the Trans Pacific Partnership?

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, or Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, was a proposed trade agreement between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and the United States signed on 4 February 2016.

What is the purpose of the Trans-Pacific Partnership?

The proposed goal of the TPP was to make it easier for businesses in the United States and the 11 other Asia-Pacific countries to export and import goods by eliminating taxes, creating a fair regulatory environment, and removing other trade barriers.

Is the United States part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership?

In 2017, then President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the TPP, which stretched from Vietnam to Australia, accounting for around 40 percent of global GDP. But the 11 remaining members forged ahead with the accord, rebranding it the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.