The US has pulled out but the recently signed trade agreement has still been welcomed, although concerns remain
Australia has joined 10 other nations to sign the long-awaited Trans-Pacific Partnership, which many thought was doomed when Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Obama-era pact in January 2017.
But after strong lobbying by Japan and Australia, the idea was revived and on Friday they struck the renamed Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP-11.
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