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Full Title

2016 Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Short Title / Abbreviations

2016 TPP
CIL Subject Classification
Date of Adoption 04/02/2016
Place of Adoption Auckland, New Zealand
Issued/Adopted by Trade Ministers of Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States and Vietnam
Dispute settlement provisions

Article 28.2: Cooperation
The Parties shall at all times endeavour to agree on the interpretation and
application of this Agreement, and shall make every attempt through cooperation
and consultations to arrive at a mutually satisfactory resolution of any matter that
might affect its operation or application.

Article 28.23: Alternative Dispute Resolution
1. Each Party shall, to the maximum extent possible, encourage and facilitate
the use of arbitration and other means of alternative dispute resolution for the
settlement of international commercial disputes between private parties in the free
trade area.
2. To this end, each Party shall provide appropriate procedures to ensure
observance of agreements to arbitrate and for the recognition and enforcement of
arbitral awards in such disputes.
3. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with paragraph 2 if it is a
party to, and is in compliance with, the United Nations Convention on the
Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards done at New York on
10 June 1958.

Depository

New Zealand
Annexes

Annex 1-A: Party-Specific Definitions

Annex 2-A: National Treatment and Import and Export Restrictions

Annex 2-B: Remanufactured Goods

Annex 2-C: Export Duties, Taxes or Other Charges

Annex 2-D: Tariff Commitments

Annex 3-A: Other Arrangements

Annex 3-B: Minimum Data Requirements

Annex 3-C: Exceptions to Article 3.11 (De Minimis)

Annex 3-D: Product Specific Rules of Origin 

Appendix 1 to Annex: 3-D: Provisions related to the Product-Specific Rules of Origin for certain vehicles and parts of vehicles

Annex 4-A: Textiles and Apparel Product-Specific Rules of Origin 

Appendix 1 to Annex 4-A: Short Supply List of Products

Annex 6-A: Practices Relating to Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings

Annex 8-A: Wine and Distilled Spirits

Annex 8-B: Information and Communications Technology Products

Annex 8-C: Pharmaceuticals

Annex 8-D: Cosmetics

Annex 8-E: Medical Devices

Annex 8-F: Proprietary Formulas for Pre-packaged Foods and Food Additives

Annex 8-G: Organic Products

Annex 9-A: Customary International Law

Annex 9-B: Expropriation

Annex 9-C: Expropriation Relating to Land

Annex 9-D: Service of Documents on a Party Under Section B (Investor State Dispute Settlement)

Annex 9-E: Transfers

Annex 9-F: DL-600

Annex 9-G: Public Debt

Annex 9-H

Annex 9-I: Non-Conforming Measures Ratchet Mechanism

Annex 9-J: Submission of a Claim to Arbitration

Annex 9-K: Submission of Certain Claims for Three Years After Entry into Force

Annex 9-L: Investment Agreements

Annex 10-A: Professional Services

Annex 10-B: Express Delivery Services

Annex 10-C: Non-Conforming Measures Ratchet Mechanism

Annex 11-A: Cross-Border Trade

Annex 11-B: Specific Commitments

Annex 11-C: Non-Conforming Measures Ratchet Mechanism

Annex 11-D: Authorities Responsible For Financial Services

Annex 11-E

Annex 12-A. Temporary Entry for Business Persons

Annex 13-A: Rural Telephone Suppliers – United States

Annex 13-B: Rural Telephone Suppliers – Peru

Annex 15-A. Government Procurement

Annex 16-A: Application of Article 16.2, Article 16.3 and Article 16.4 to Brunei Darussalam

Annex 17-A: Threshold Calculation

Annex 17-B: Process for Developing Information Concerning State-Owned Enterprises and Designated Monopolies

Annex 17-C: Further Negotiations

Annex 17-D: Application to Sub-Central State-Owned Enterprises and Designated Monopolies

Annex 17-E: Singapore

Annex 17-F: Malaysia

Annex 18-A: Annex to Article 18.7.2

Annex 18-B: Chile

Annex 18-C: Malaysia

Annex 18-D: Peru

Annex 18-E: Annex to Section J

Annex 18-F: Annex to Section J

Annex 20-A

Annex 20-B

Annex 26-A Transparency and Procedural Fairness for Pharmaceutical Products and Medical Devices
Entry Into Force Status Not In Force
Status
ASEAN States
Brunei Darussalam Signature 04/02/2016
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao PDR
Malaysia Signature 04/02/2016
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore Signature 04/02/2016
Thailand
Vietnam Signature 04/02/2016
Other Country Australia   Signature 04/02/2016
Canada   Signature 04/02/2016
Chile   Signature 04/02/2016
Japan   Signature 04/02/2016 20/01/2017
Mexico   Signature 04/02/2016
New Zealand   Signature 04/02/2016 Ratification 11/05/2017
Peru   Signature 04/02/2016
United States   Signature Withdrawn
Related Instruments
Related Instruments

1994 Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization

2018 Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

 

US-Japan Bilateral Outcomes

External Links

Office of the United States Trade Representative accessed on 23/03/2022

New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade accessed on 23/03/2022

Additional Information

The initial 12 parties to this instrument were Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States of America, and Viet Nam.

Negotiations were completed on 5 October 2015 in Atlanta, United States of America and the text was signed on 4 February 2016. The text provided here is the legally verified text released on 26 January 2016.

In January 2017, the USA withdrew from the TPP. The executive order was issued by President Donald Trump on 23 January 2017 and the official notification to depository New Zealand was dated 30 January 2017.