Trans-Pacific Partnership

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a historic trade agreement originally negotiated between 12 nations, including the United States, Japan, Mexico, and Australia. In January 2017, President Donald Trump ordered the United States trade representative to withdraw formally from the TPP. PIIE has conducted extensive research showing the wide-ranging trade deal's benefits vastly outweigh any potential costs.

Featured Content

Representatives of members of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal pose for an official picture after the signing agreement ceremony in Santiago, Chile, March 8, 2018.
REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido
Policy Brief

China Should Join the New Trans-Pacific Partnership

Peter A. Petri (PIIE) and Michael G. Plummer (Johns Hopkins University and East-West Center)
January 2019
PIIE/Daniel Housch
Op-Eds

US Must Get Back into the Game in the Asia Pacific

Peter A. Petri (PIIE) and Michael G. Plummer (Johns Hopkins University and East-West Center)
October 23, 2017
Working Paper

Going It Alone in the Asia-Pacific: Regional Trade Agreements Without the United States

Peter A. Petri (PIIE), Michael G. Plummer (Johns Hopkins University and East-West Center), Shujiro Urata (Waseda University) and Fan Zhai (Former Managing Director, China Investment Corporation)
October 2017
Book

Trans-Pacific Partnership: An Assessment

edited by Cathleen Cimino-Isaacs (PIIE) and Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)
July 2016
Short Videos

Reviving the TPP: A Path Forward

Featuring Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)
February 24, 2017

Recent Content

Trade and Investment Policy Watch

Rebuild the Trans-Pacific Partnership back better

Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE)

November 30, 2020
Past Event

Rebuilding the Global Economy: Role of Leaders of CPTPP Member Countries

Charles D. Lake II (Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.), Mary E. Lovely (PIIE), Adam S. Posen (PIIE), Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE) and Malcolm Turnbull (Former Prime Minister of Australia)

November 12, 2020
Trade and Investment Policy Watch

Memo to the CPTPP countries on how to take the agreement to the next level

Charles D. Lake II (Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation; Aflac Japan)

November 11, 2020
Trade and Investment Policy Watch

China and the Trans-Pacific Partnership: In or out?

Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE), Jeffrey J. Schott (PIIE) and Zhiyao (Lucy) Lu*

June 23, 2020
PIIE Chart

Regional trade agreements will reorient East Asian economies away from the US

Peter A. Petri (PIIE) and Michael G. Plummer (Johns Hopkins University and East-West Center)
June 16, 2020
Trade and Investment Policy Watch

The US retreat from East Asia is costly

Peter A. Petri (PIIE) and Michael G. Plummer (Johns Hopkins University and East-West Center)

June 11, 2020
Working Paper

East Asia decouples from the United States: Trade war, COVID-19, and East Asia's new trade blocs

Peter A. Petri (PIIE) and Michael G. Plummer (Johns Hopkins University and East-West Center)

June 2020
Policy Brief

China Should Join the New Trans-Pacific Partnership

Peter A. Petri (PIIE) and Michael G. Plummer (Johns Hopkins University and East-West Center)

January 2019
Op-Eds

Why the CPTPP Could Be the Answer to the US-China Trade War

Peter A. Petri (PIIE) and Michael G. Plummer (Johns Hopkins University and East-West Center)

January 11, 2019
Trade and Investment Policy Watch

Trump’s Japan Agenda Shows the Pitfalls of His Trade Strategy

Gary Clyde Hufbauer (PIIE) and Zhiyao (Lucy) Lu (PIIE)

January 8, 2019