TPP
Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement or Trans-Pacific Partnership for short
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12-Oct-2018 Financial Review
Crossbenchers plot to embarrass Labor over Trans-Pacific Partnership
Crossbenchers are ramping up pressure on Labor at the 11th hour to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, drafting amendments that would force opposition senators to vote against the party’s policy.
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9-Oct-2018 El Financiero
Japón le da ’luz verde’ a Reino Unido para que se una al TPP
Reino Unido perdería su papel de puerta de entrada a Europa después del Brexit, pero que aún sería un país “con fuerza global”, dijo el primer ministro de Japón, Shinzo Abe.
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9-Oct-2018 European Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
Trade and patent changes could increase healthcare costs by $100bn, CPHI annual report warns
Patients may need to wait an extra five or 10 years to access generic medicines, which could raise healthcare costs by as $100 billion over the next five years, according to the latest CPhI annual report
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9-Oct-2018 Daily Blog
Lessons for the Left from NAFTA Mark-II
The choice is not between the unilateralism of a populist autocrat, captive of the world’s most powerful corporations, on one hand, and the failed neoliberal model, polished in the TPPA on the other. A few clip-on statements on gender and small and medium enterprises is not a progressive alternative.
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8-Oct-2018 Japan News
US farm chief wants ‘TPP-plus trade deal’
US Agriculture Secretary indicated his desire to demand Japan open its markets more than the extent agreed under the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its economic partnership agreement with the European Union.
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8-Oct-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Vietnam to approve TPP-11 by November, prime minister says
Hanoi’s ratification would be fourth of six needed for trade deal to take effect.
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3-Oct-2018 Daily Blog
Converting resistance to TPPA into a new agenda for change
Our aim is to move beyond campaigns to stop these deals one by one, and create popular and political momentum for a genuinely alternative agenda.
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2-Oct-2018 It’s Our Future
What an alternative & progressive trade strategy should look like
19 – 20 October 2018. Fale Pasifika, University Of Auckland.
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1-Oct-2018 Bangkok Post
Despite seed concerns, CPTPP study to proceed
Thai farmers and civil society organisations vented their concerns about the impact of the new pact’s IP chapter that prevents them from saving and reusing seeds that contain patented plant material.
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27-Sep-2018 AP
US, Japan agree to negotiate a free trade agreement
It’s a significant shift by Tokyo which has been a strong advocate of a multi-nation trans-Pacific trade pact that President Donald Trump withdrew from soon after taking office.
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12-Sep-2018 IP Watch
Extended monopolies on biologic drugs – A warning to developing countries
The United States has throughout history been the principal demandeur of maximalist intellectual property, backed by a powerful pharmaceutical lobby.
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11-Sep-2018 The Guardian
Labor drops opposition to Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
Caucus and shadow cabinet agree to pass TPP, but also change the way Australia negotiates on trade.
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11-Sep-2018 VNA
Malasia insiste en negociar sobre CPTPP
El primer ministro de Malasia, Mahathir Mohamad, aseguró que su gobierno continuará negociando el Tratado Integral y Progresista de Asociación Transpacífico (CPTPP, por sus siglas en inglés) hasta que este acuerdo no perjudica a su país.
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7-Sep-2018 NHK
Ecuador President shows interest in joining TPP
Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno has indicated that the country will consider joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement while seeking diversification of its trade and industry.
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6-Sep-2018 Radio NZ
Revised TPP to come into force within months
The revised Trans Pacific Partnership could be in force by Christmas, opening up trade among eleven Pacific Rim nations.
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5-Sep-2018 APWLD
Thai women’s group oppose Thailand joining CP-TPP
It is alarming to note that all the ‘impact assessments’ of CP-TPP have been conducted by large corporations, and it makes quite clear that for Thailand to join CP-TPP, only big businesses and corporations will benefit from this trade agreement.
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28-Aug-2018 The Straits Times
Malaysia to go ahead with Asia-Pacific trade pact CPTPP, says PM Mahathir
Malaysia will go ahead with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in a reaffirmation of the country’s commitment to the wide-ranging trade pact involving 11 nations.
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22-Aug-2018 Michael West
Latest TPP a parade of corporate favours masquerading as free trade
Bad for workers, bad for taxpayers, bad for the environment, bad for Australia. The latest iteration of the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a boon for multinational corporations.
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20-Aug-2018 AFTINET
Tell federal MPs and Senators: vote NO to TPP-11
The TPP-11 implementing legislation is now being reviewed by a Joint Parliamentary Committee on which the government has a majority.
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18-Aug-2018 Business Korea
South Korea decides to join CPTPP
The South Korean government has decided to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). It is now mulling over when to sign it.
