Virtual Event | Re-examining the CPTPP and America’s Trade Priorities

December 2021

Past Event

Virtual Event | Re-examining the CPTPP and America’s Trade Priorities

Past Event

Online Only

December 17, 2021

Official picture after signing the rebranded 11-nation Pacific trade pact Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in Santiago, on March 8, 2018. (Getty Images)

December 2021

Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:

Satohiro Akimoto

President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

Du Huynh

Senior lecturer, Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management

Charles Freeman

Senior vice president for Asia, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Roy Lee

Deputy Executive Director, Taiwan WTO & RTA Center, Chung Hua Institution for Economic Research

This event will premiere on this page at 10:00 a.m. EST, Friday, December 17. Register for the event

Three years after the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) came into force, what opportunities has the CPTPP produced for members like Japan and Vietnam as they continue to implement the agreement? What do new members look to achieve by joining the CPTPP? Will the U.S. continue to sit out while other economies pursue trade agreements? Join our expert panel for this timely discussion.

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