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India, EU fail to make headway on free trade agreement talks
1-Apr-2016 The Economic Times
India and EU have failed to made the much-awaited announcement on resumption of long stalled negotiations for a free trade agreement as many bottlenecks still remain.
Indonesia to focus on digital economy, services
25-Mar-2016 The Jakarta Post
The government aims to boost cooperation for the digital economy and services sectors within the framework of the ongoing Indonesia-Australia comprehensive economic partnership agreement.
Latest round of TTIP talks boost momentum
10-Mar-2016 EurActiv
Progress was made in the latest round of TTIP talks, but negotiators have a long way to go if the deal is to be signed before Barack Obama leaves office.
Open letter to Věra Jourová: from Safe Harbor to Privacy Shield, words in the wind
10-Mar-2016 La Quadrature du Net
The "Privacy Shield", an agreement stemming from an exchange of letters, only contains vague promises.
White House’s claims that the TPP would curb Internet censorship are fantasy
10-Mar-2016 Electronic Frontier Foundation
Inside the narrower and closed context of trade agreements, “free flow of information” is used exclusively to tackle the commercial consequences of restrictions on data flows.
Mozilla, EFF, and Creative Commons call for more openness in trade negotiations
25-Feb-2016 Ars Technica
Browser maker Mozilla, digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Creative Commons have called for more openness in global trade agreements.
Trade in Services Agreement - EDRi’s position
9-Feb-2016 EDRi
The greatest concerns regarding TiSA involve the introduction of greater limitations on the government’s right to regulate and the inclusion of potentially harmful provisions for the protection of the fundamental rights to privacy and data protection.
Trade officials sign the TPP but it’s still up to lawmakers to reject it
4-Feb-2016 Electronic Frontier Foundation
While trade leaders tout the signature of the agreement today, the TPP continues to attract international criticism.
MEPs support ambitious global trade pact
21-Jan-2016 Politico
The Trade in Services Agreement will be important for the exchange of data flows, lawmakers say.
Thanks to TPP, Canada could get caught in global privacy battle
20-Jan-2016 The Tyee
Trade deal coupled with EU court decision could spell trouble for our laws.
Industry meets Nirmala Sitharaman, flags FTAs
13-Jan-2016
Representatives of industry raised concerns about the impact of various free-trade agreements (FTAs) on the country’s trade and sought more clarity on guidelines governing e-commerce in a meeting with commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday.
EU and US divisions over data protection threaten agreement
12-Jan-2016 EurActiv
Persistent disagreements between the United States and the European Union over the treatment of personal data threaten to undermine international standards.
How the TPP perpetuates the mistakes of the DMCA
18-Dec-2015 Electronic Frontier Foundation
The TPP fails to adequately protect rights to freedom of expression and is likely only to perpetuate the unintended consequences that users have suffered under more than 15 years under the broken DMCA.
’Copyright cops’ activated under TPPA
17-Dec-2015 Berita
Internet Service Providers will be able to police anyone with Internet connection in an effort to protect copyright holders, after the TPPA comes into effect.
How the TPP will affect you and your digital rights
9-Dec-2015 Electronic Frontier Foundation
By excluding a large sector of communities—like security researchers, artists, libraries, and user rights groups—trade negotiators skewed the priorities of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) towards major tech companies and copyright industries.
TiSA: A framework for reregulating the global trade in services?
9-Dec-2015 Huffington Post
TiSA is currently being negotiated amongst a group of (mostly rich) countries, rather than amongst all countries.
The TPP state of play: How we defeat the largest trade deal in history
3-Dec-2015 Electronic Frontier Foundation
Now that the TPP’s approval and ratification in the United States is on the horizon, here’s what you need to know about what’s going on and what’s to come. This state of play will be useful as we work to defend our digital rights against the largest trade deal in history.
A user-focused commentary on the TPP ISP Safe Harbors
25-Nov-2015 Intellectual Property Watch
This post offers a comparison of TPP’s IP chapter and the DMCA with a focus on the rights of users and the status of user expression in the TPP’s intermediary safe harbor provisions.
Why TPP is a Canadian digital policy failure
17-Nov-2015 The Tyee
The implications for digital policies such as copyright and privacy should command considerable attention. On those fronts, TPP appears to be a major failure.
The highlights of the Trans-Pacific Partnership e-commerce chapter
9-Nov-2015 Public Citizen
The E-commerce chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) sets rules that, if ratified, will shape the development of the digital economy for years to come.