The CPTPP trade agreement entered into force in 2018.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership took effect on 30 December 2018 for its first group of participating countries. It developed from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, after the United States withdrew from that agreement in 2017. The remaining countries preserved most of the original framework while suspending a number of provisions.
The founding signatories were Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. The agreement reduces or removes many tariffs and sets rules covering services, investment, intellectual property, labour and environmental commitments.
The CPTPP is distinct from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, which entered into force in 2022. It is also not the same agreement as the original TPP, which never entered into force.