The Fair Deal Coalition has launched a new initiative that will give Internet users a platform to discuss what copyright should look like under the TPP.

In response to this unnecessary and dangerous secrecy, a bunch of organizations have set up the "Fair Deal Coalition," and set up a website that basically does what the TPP and TAFTA negotiators should have been doing all along: creating an open platform, letting any stakeholder discuss the kind of things that should go into such an agreement.

With the recent ratification by the Salvadorean members of the House of Representatives, the Association Agreement between Central America and the European Union (EU) will enter into effect on August 1st. The agreement has been strongly rejected by social organizations.

The Socialist Party of Malaysia has no illusion about the true colours and intent of the TPPA/FTA as an agenda of US mega corporations.

"Rechazamos y denunciamos la falta de transparencia en la que se desarrollan las negociaciones, constituyendo un proceso nada democrático, sin participación de los parlamentos nacionales ni de la sociedad civil. El futuro de alrededor de 700 millones de personas no se puede negociar en secreto."

In an open letter to the Prime Minister of India, the Forum Against Free Trade Agreements in India has called upon the government to review its forthcoming economic engagements with the USA, and to reject pressure from the US government and business lobby groups on India’s economic policies.

VIdeo recording of civil society symposium on the US-EU trade agreement negotiations

Alors que s’ouvraient ce lundi 8 juillet 2013 les négociations entre la Commission européenne et les Etats-Unis pour libéraliser les échanges commerciaux, le syndicat, auditionné en groupe de travail à l’Assemblée nationale, exprimait ses craintes quant aux conséquences du futur accord.

Thousands of South Korean farmers and fishermen rallied Tuesday to oppose a potential free trade deal with China as the two countries kicked off a new round of negotiations to tear down trade barriers between two of Asia’s biggest economies.

In the middle of July, Pacific Island Trade Ministers will meet in Samoa with their Australian and New Zealand counterparts to discuss whether or not to expand the negotiations of PACER-Plus to include services and investment, reports the Pacific Network on Globalisation.

As host to both the AIDS conference and TPP trade talks this month, Malaysia reportedly vows to reject a TPP trade agreement that harms access to medicines; other countries should follow suit, and Malaysia should be held to its pledge