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The UK is starting talks to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (#CPTPP)
One way of finding out what it is: look at the text.
Here goes.
It doesn’t have a Secretariat so the text is published by each govt. Google “CPTPP text”
1/13
New Zealand is a good place to start. It has the text by chapter, 30 of them: https://t.co/UvtW9wgRky
(Canada has summaries by chapter: https://t.co/PswL4vt3WD)
#CPTPP
2/13
“Wow! 30 chapters. Better start reading”
“Hang on. There’s more.”
https://t.co/UvtW9wgRky
#CPTPP
3/13
“Right. Is that it?”
“Those are only the side agreements involving New Zealand. Here are Australia’s”
https://t.co/1Rav6hI3zZ
#CPTPP
4/13
“Er, how many members does #CPTPP have?”
"Eleven.
“Don’t worry. We’re not going through all the side agreements.
“But these next bits are important. The Annexes. Annex 2-D contains the tariff commitments of each country.”
https://t.co/UvtW9wgRky
#CPTPP
5/13
One way of finding out what it is: look at the text.
Here goes.
It doesn’t have a Secretariat so the text is published by each govt. Google “CPTPP text”
1/13
New Zealand is a good place to start. It has the text by chapter, 30 of them: https://t.co/UvtW9wgRky
(Canada has summaries by chapter: https://t.co/PswL4vt3WD)
#CPTPP
2/13
“Wow! 30 chapters. Better start reading”
“Hang on. There’s more.”
https://t.co/UvtW9wgRky
#CPTPP
3/13
“Right. Is that it?”
“Those are only the side agreements involving New Zealand. Here are Australia’s”
https://t.co/1Rav6hI3zZ
#CPTPP
4/13
“Er, how many members does #CPTPP have?”
"Eleven.
“Don’t worry. We’re not going through all the side agreements.
“But these next bits are important. The Annexes. Annex 2-D contains the tariff commitments of each country.”
https://t.co/UvtW9wgRky
#CPTPP
5/13
JANUARY 4, 2021
The first day back at work at the WTO.
What’s happened to the UK’s commitments (“schedules”) on goods (tariffs, tariff quotas, farm support) and services in the WTO now that the Brexit transition is over, and the UK no longer applies the EU’s commitments?
1/12
NEW UK DOCUMENT
The UK has circulated a new document outlining the latest situation with the commitments on goods and services, various agreements, applied tariffs and preferences (GSP, UK-EU deal), WTO dispute settlement, trade remedies, laws
https://t.co/DtiObLumJd
2/12
GOODS
Tariffs, tariff quotas, farm support
The UK is now applying the commitments it proposed in 2018 with amendments in May and Dec 2020 (correcting errors) even though they have not been agreed.
5 rounds of talks. Some agreement, or “close” to
https://t.co/DtiObLumJd
3/12
SERVICES
The UK is now also applying its proposed commitments on services. These have not been agreed either, but only one other country (understood to be Russia) is in negotiations with the UK. The rest have not raised objections.
https://t.co/DtiObLumJd
4/12
AGREEMENTS
The UK confirms accession/ratification in its own right
● Government Procurement
● intellectual property (amendment)
● Trade Facilitation
● Civil Aircraft
● information technology products (duty-free)
● pharma products (duty-free)
https://t.co/DtiObLumJd
5/12
The first day back at work at the WTO.
What’s happened to the UK’s commitments (“schedules”) on goods (tariffs, tariff quotas, farm support) and services in the WTO now that the Brexit transition is over, and the UK no longer applies the EU’s commitments?
1/12
NEW UK DOCUMENT
The UK has circulated a new document outlining the latest situation with the commitments on goods and services, various agreements, applied tariffs and preferences (GSP, UK-EU deal), WTO dispute settlement, trade remedies, laws
https://t.co/DtiObLumJd
2/12
GOODS
Tariffs, tariff quotas, farm support
The UK is now applying the commitments it proposed in 2018 with amendments in May and Dec 2020 (correcting errors) even though they have not been agreed.
5 rounds of talks. Some agreement, or “close” to
https://t.co/DtiObLumJd
3/12
SERVICES
The UK is now also applying its proposed commitments on services. These have not been agreed either, but only one other country (understood to be Russia) is in negotiations with the UK. The rest have not raised objections.
https://t.co/DtiObLumJd
4/12
AGREEMENTS
The UK confirms accession/ratification in its own right
● Government Procurement
● intellectual property (amendment)
● Trade Facilitation
● Civil Aircraft
● information technology products (duty-free)
● pharma products (duty-free)
https://t.co/DtiObLumJd
5/12