Eyes on Asia: Peru ratifies CPTPP, while Thailand evaluates entry

Peru on Wednesday ratified the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, making it the eighth member to approve the pact after it entered into force in December 2018. Peru was one of four remaining countries that had yet to ratify CPTPP. The three remaining are Brunei, Chile and Malaysia. Peru’s Congress voted in favor of ratification on Wednesday and will now “notify the depositary,” the Peruvian government said on Wednesday, according to an informal translation. Peru will officially enter...