Australia wants the U.S. back in the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) under President Joe Biden. While the U.S. was an original member of the agreement, former U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the TPP after his election in 2016. The remaining 11 countries then re-negotiated a new free trade agreement, the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which members signed on 8 March 2018. Along with Australia, the current CPTPP members are Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam. However, Australia’s ambassador to the U.S. Arthur Sinodinos says it needs the U.S. back in the agreement to help reform the World Trade Organisation and encourage China in particular, to operate within the rules. “Rather than somehow seek to change the order in their own favour,” Sinodinos told the Committee for Economic Development of Australia economic and political outlook 2021 conference. “Ultimately, what we want to do …