Friday 6 November 2015

The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) was made available to the public on 5 November 2015.


http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/official-documents/Pages/official-documents.aspx
This link is to an Australian Government web site , but it contains the introductory or scope text for sections affecting all Counties in the agreement . This web page allows the reading of introductory paragraphs as well as the schedules of tariffs. The TPP consists of 30 chapters and related annexes. The TPP text is still to undergo a process of legal review, translation and verification. In addition, a number of side letters have been concluded as part of the negotiations. As these side letters are finalised, they will be made available to the public.

Counties Central (national) government involved in the TPP as listed are (a) for Australia, the Commonwealth government; (b) for Brunei Darussalam, the national level of government; (c) for Canada, the Government of Canada; (d) for Chile, the national level of government; (e) for Japan, the Government of Japan; (f) for Malaysia, the federal level of government; (g) for Mexico, the federal level of government; (h) for New Zealand, the national level of government; (i) for Peru, the national level of government; (j) for Singapore, the national level of government; (k) for the United States, the federal level of government; and (l) for Viet Nam, the national level of government ;

Chapter summaries will be available soon. 

This news item includes reference to some sentences from the Australian Govt web page 
http://dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/tpp/official-documents/Pages/official-documents.aspx