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Quote freebird 29-1-2016 01:23 AM

jawapan biasa lah......kat sana takde ameno!!!

Quote Nham22 1-2-2016 11:00 AM

Kesian betul dengan najib ni.. xtau dah die.. ;
USA -tppa
CHINA-panda
ARAB-2.6billion

Mane satu pilihan Najib.. sungguh malaysia ni disayangi negara2 lain...

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Quote axl_bach 2-2-2016 01:08 AM

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Does Thailand Really Want to Join the TPP?
Bangkok is uttering maybes. But it is unclear if it can get to yes.

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By Prashanth Parameswaran
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On Monday, The Bangkok Post reported that Thailand’s deputy prime minister Somkid Jatusripitak had said his country would be interested in joining the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

“We are very interested but we must weigh the advantages and disadvantages carefully,” Somkid said of the mammoth free trade pact whose 12 current members comprise around 40 percent of the global economy. Expressing interest, Somkid added, would put Thailand “on their radar screen.”

In the broadest sense, Somkid’s cautious optimism is nothing new. U.S. officials have long held the belief that Thailand, in addition to other countries like the Philippines, would probably be one of the countries that will eventually sign on to the TPP, joining their four existing ASEAN partners Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam (See: “Confirmed: Philippines Wants to Join the TPP“). Since the TPP is a ‘living agreement,’ additional countries would be able to join even once the current 12 members finish negotiations – which is fair from a certainty (See: “Finishing the TPP: It’s Not Just About the US Congress“).

What remain unclear are the specifics such as roughly when Thailand might join or how it might overcome domestic challenges to doing so. Under the former government led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand had expressed its unequivocal intention to enter the TPP back in 2012. “Thailand will initiate negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership…and undertake the necessary domestic legislative process to make it become a reality,” Yingluck had said at a joint press conference with U.S President Barack Obama in Bangkok.

But the new government, led by the military junta who overthrew Yingluck last May, has been quite coy. In mid-August, Deputy Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn suggested that while Thailand could eventually join the TPP, it should focus on the ongoing Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations while the TPP negotiations are finalized. Apiradi also added that as of now, while the TPP would benefit Thailand in some ways, pharmaceutical patents and biodiversity remain major issues for the country.

Earlier last month, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha said following a meeting with a visiting U.S.-ASEAN Business Council delegation in Bangkok that he had to be careful publicly commenting about “such a critical agreement that could make or break Thailand.”

“All parties must be consulted, especially the Ministry of Public Health,” Prayuth said warily.

Beyond these concerns, it is also unclear how Thailand’s position may evolve over time since Thai politics itself is in flux. For now, Prayuth’s interim government is still holding on firmly to power and elections likely to be postponed into 2017 with the recent rejection of a draft constitution (See: “Thailand’s Junta Reshuffles its Cabinet Amid Uncertainty“).

Some experts have stressed that Thailand would still benefit immensely in an overall sense in spite of these sector-specific challenges. One 2012 study by the East-West Center and the Peterson Institute for International Economics estimated that Thailand would have the second-largest percentage gains among potential members with a TPP agreement, with incomes rising by 7.6 percent – second only to Vietnam. And beyond these statistics, Thai policymakers do seem to recognize the cost of Thailand being left out of an agreement that other regional economies either already are or eventually will be part of.

But so far, the lack of specifics makes it difficult to say whether Thailand will eventually sign on to the TPP. Thai officials, including Somkid, have not shied away from uttering lukewarm maybes. What remains unclear, though, is whether they can do what is necessary to get to yes.

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Confirmed: Philippines Wants to Join TPP
Trade secretary delivers Manila’s clearest declaration of intent yet.

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The Philippines is committed to joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the country’s trade chief confirmed Wednesday morning in the clearest declaration made to date on the issue.

“I want to state clearly and irrevocably that we want to join TPP,” Philippine trade secretary Gregory Domingo told a conference at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.

Domingo’s statements come after what some perceived as ambiguity in recent months about the Philippine position regarding the U.S.-led agreement, whose members currently represent more than half of global output and over 40 percent of world trade. Reports in late March had suggested that Manila would not take part in TPP negotiations under the current government due to legal and constitutional complications which imposed significant time constraints. Some had interpreted this to mean a general unwillingness of the Philippines to commit to the pact at all.

But with the confirmation in his remarks Tuesday – the clearest yet by a Philippine official – Domingo sought to assuage any doubts in Washington that he said may have been caused by a “mistranslation” of comments by Philippine officials. Domingo also reiterated that Philippine officials – including President Benigno Aquino III himself – had on several previous occasions over the past few years expressed interest in joining the TPP.

Domingo acknowledged that Manila’s willingness to join the TPP did not make confronting existing challenges to doing so any easier. As is the case for several current and potential TPP negotiating parties, there are concerns on a number of sensitive issues for the Philippines, including state-owned enterprises. Philippine officials including Domingo had previously requested “flexibility” on these matters.

Joining the TPP may also require the Philippines to amend its constitution, which currently has restrictions on foreign ownership in certain sectors. Yet Domingo acknowledged that there were not enough votes right now in the Philippine legislature to do so, even if there was a possibility that it might get to try later this year ahead of presidential elections in 2016 and the end of Aquino’s five-year term in office.

“When it comes to constitutional amendments, it is very difficult to make a prediction,” he admitted.

Nonetheless, Domingo said that it was critical for the Philippines to negotiate some kind of bilateral economic agreement with its ally the United States, which has traditionally been among Manila’s top trading partners and its largest investor. The TPP would provide an avenue for this to occur, he said.

“It behooves the Philippines to have an agreement with the United States one way or another,” he said.

Though the Philippines’ only bilateral agreement of this kind is currently with Japan, Domingo said Manila is currently pursuing a free trade agreement with the countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) — Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. He added that the Philippines had also been approached by six other countries for bilateral agreements as well.

Meanwhile, as The Diplomat previously reported, the TPP has inched forward on Capitol Hill in recent days after a period of stalling, even though there is still a long way to go. The Senate got the necessary votes to move to a standalone vote on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) earlier this week, days after the House had passed a similar vote on its side. TPA or “fast-track” is viewed as critical to passing TPP since it ensures Congress can only have an up-or-down vote on the pact, rather than opening up and amending specific provisions, which could delay or kill the deal.

Once the TPP is finalized among the existing 12 members, U.S. officials have stressed that the agreement remains “open” to other countries once they meet the standards, including China.

The TPP currently groups the United States, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.

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The Philippines, Thailand, South Korea and Taiwan: Joining TPP?

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June 30, 2015

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After the Obama administration’s victories in Congress the past two weeks, it appears far more likely that the United States will become part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Bilateral negotiations are still taking place between some of the countries negotiating the TPP—the United States and Japan still have major issues to resolve—but the chances of these bilateral hurdles being resolved, and the final agreement being negotiated, have risen substantially now that President Obama has gained fast track authority.

As the TPP’s chances rise, more countries in Asia appear ready to join the negotiations, most likely as members of the second round of nations joining the deal.


The Philippines’ trade secretary last week indicated that the country wants to join the TPP. “I want to state clearly and irrevocably that we want to join TPP,” Philippine trade secretary Gregory Domingo told a conference at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. But the Aquino administration faces significant hurdles to joining. The Philippines’ state enterprises, while not as much of a challenge to trade talks as the state firms in Malaysia and Vietnam, are still likely to wield their influence in an attempt to prevent the Aquino administration from moving forward with TPP negotiations and possibly being forced to liberalize sectors of the economy dominated by state companies and other monopolies.

In addition, the Philippines—unlike Vietnam, Brunei, or Malaysia—is a democracy, and one in which the public generally does not have a favorable view of trade deals. Although President Aquino, like all presidents of the Philippines (the executive only gets one term in office), is a lame duck, he still wants to use his influence to support his party’s preferred successor—which now appears to be Senator Grace Poe—in winning the presidency. Negotiating to join a trade deal likely to be unpopular with the public and with key segments of elite opinion—church leaders, many NGO leaders—is not going to help Aquino pass on whatever popularity he has left.

Thailand has repeatedly expressed interest, in theory, in joining the TPP, though the Thai government has been assessing the costs and benefits of the TPP for Bangkok for at least three years. In theory, Thailand is better equipped to join the TPP than the Philippines. The country is likely to remain under authoritarian or pseudo-authoritarian rule for several years, so public sentiment about a trade deal would matter less, and the Thai economy is slightly more open than that of the Philippines. But Thailand’s contentious domestic politics have made it difficult for the Thai government to focus on anything other than drafting the new constitution, suppressing dissent, and ensuring the military’s sustained influence. With Thai politics in such turmoil, it is hard to imagine Bangkok focusing its energies on the TPP.

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Thursday, 14 January 2016 | MYT 9:35 PM
Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia might join TPP, says Miti






Members of Parliament from Pakatan Rakyat listening to International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamad's speech on TPPA. - Bernama pic
Members of Parliament from Pakatan Rakyat listening to International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamad's speech on TPPA. - Bernama pic
  
KUALA LUMPUR: Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia have actually expressed interest to be part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), said the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti).

Miti said this in its written response to issues raised by Dr Jomo Kwame Sundaram recently that countries such as Thailand and the Philippines had opted to distance themselves from this treaty.

Contrary to the claims made by Jomo, both Thailand and Philippines have actually expressed their interest to be part of the TPPA, said the ministry.

On Nov 27, 2015, Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak was quoted by Reuters as saying, “Thailand is highly interested in joining TPP. Chances are high that Thailand will seek to join TPP”.


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On Oct 14, 2015, Philippine President Benigno Aquino was quoted by Reuters as saying, “We really want to participate in it. Joining TPP does make very good sense to us, especially because of those who are already in it, whom we find ourselves in very close alliances with, on so many different fronts”.

Miti added that on Oct 26, 2015, another Asean member, Indonesia, had also expressed interest to participate in the TPP.

President Joko Widodo was quoted by Reuters as saying, “We are the largest economy in South-East Asia. And Indonesia intends to join the TPP.”

On issues that the TPPA would undermine multilateral and bilateral trade agreements, Miti said as a trading nation with a small domestic market, it was imperative for Malaysia to be open and continue to trade with more nations.

“We have to diversify our trade and establish good relations with all countries.

“Malaysia will continue to be part of trade agreements which we think is in line with the interest of our nation.”

On Jomo’s remarks that Malaysia is merely an amateur but is going to an unknown territory where others are very experience, Miti said Malaysia had negotiated 13 bilateral and regional free trade agreements with both developed and developing countries.

“It is unfair therefore to say that Malaysia lacks the experience to be involved in a trade deal with other countries.

Throughout the TPPA negotiations, Malaysia stood firm that it will not compromise on its core policies such as the bumiputra agenda.

“We managed to explain the necessity of the affirmative action policy to other TPPA countries and defended our interest till the very end.

“This goes to show that we have the ability to negotiate on our terms and make our voices heard by other developed nations, thus dispelling the claim that Malaysia is merely an amateur,” said Miti.

On the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), Miti said the provision cut both ways.

“While it protects foreign investments in our country, it also provides protection for Malaysian companies which are operating overseas.

“ISDS is more important than ever now for our companies given that as of the third quarter 2015, our direct investment abroad stood at RM601.6bil, which exceeded our foreign direct investment of RM500.2bil,” according to the statement. - Bernama

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