The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement was signed in 2005.The free trade agreement liberalized ties between Chile, New Zealand, Singapore and Brunei. In 2007, the agreement became the base of negotiations began for a broader Trans-pacific Partnership.The negotiating nations have grown to 11 including the United States Current TPP nations represent a market of more than 658 million people with a combined value of over 20 trillion US dollars, nearly 30 per cent of global GDP.
-Liu Baocheng, Professor at the University of International Business and Economics.
-Richard Cooper, Maruits C. Boas Professor of International Economics at Harvard University.
-Jackit Wong, Economist on Asia Pacific at Natixis Bank.
Panel Discussion:
 

Global Talk: Today's events including Syria's government may fall to rebels, the EU passing banking supervision laws, The US, UK and Canada pulling out of a global internet Treaty, US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice pulling out of consideration for Secretary of State, and Egyptians preparing to vote on a new constitution and much more. 
 

(The report derives from CRIEnglish website: http://english.cri.cn/8706/2012/12/14/2861s738423.htm )