The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a solid advancement toward an open, competitive digital-trading system.
There has been a great deal of hype that the recently completed 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement represents the first 21st century trade deal. As details emerge with the actual text of the agreement, we can better judge those claims. But in the vital area of digital trade and rules for the Internet, the verdict is in: The agreement is a triumph for both the United States and the future of an open, competitive digital-trading system for the nations of the Asia-Pacific region.
This has been excerpted from a 5 November 2015 news item by U.S. News and is available in its entirety at: http://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/2015/11/05/the-trans-pacific-partnership-is-a-triumph-for-open-digital-trade