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The straight talk on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
14-Apr-2014 21st Century Transformation
We need to build a movement against the TPPA. This involves breaking through the media blackout and demanding that our governments be transparent about the full implications and realities of the TPPA. One of the ways that we plan to do that in South Korea is through a TPPA international forum of activists and intellectuals from April 16 to the 18.
Congress top obstacle to TPP deal
11-Apr-2014
Failure by Japanese and U.S. negotiators to reach a Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is making headlines across Japan and raising concerns about the implications for U.S. President Barack Obama’s trip here later this month.
Top Filipino, US businessmen to lobby for PH inclusion in TPP
9-Apr-2014
A group composed of top Filipino and American business leaders would help lobby for the Philippines’ inclusion in the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, on top of initiatives to attract more American investors into the country, the Philippine envoy to Washington said.
Free trade agreements contain provisions that restrict access to medicines: UNITAID
8-Apr-2014
UNITAID, a global health initiative has warned against bilateral and regional trade agreements, pushed mostly by Europe and the US, as such agreements go well beyond traditional trade concerns and include provisions that force extensive obligations related to intellectual property and investor protection which would restrict access to medicines.
Jon Weissman: A free trade pact’s sorry numbers
28-Mar-2014 Gazette Net
New evidence of the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement’s damaging record provides the latest reason why Congress should not delegate away its constitutional trade authority and allow the Trans-Pacific Partnership to be “fast-tracked” into place.
NZ actors to rally against secretive TPPA
27-Mar-2014 It’s Our Future
Equity New Zealand will join unions, community organisations, academics, creatives and students in co-sponsoring the national Day of Action to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement this Saturday, 29 March.
Out of TPPA frying pan, into EU-FTA fire? - Kelsey
27-Mar-2014 Voxy
The New Zealand government is striking a brick wall in getting concessions on dairy from the US and Japan in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, and will have an equal or greater battle in its plans for a free trade agreement with the European Union, said Professor Jane Kelsey from the University of Auckland.
Manila, Washington begin consultations on Philippines’ possible TPP entry
21-Mar-2014 InterAksyon
A Philippine government delegation recently met with a top official of the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) to explore Manila’s possible participation in a new free trade area that Washington is pushing among Asia-Pacific countries.
American resistance to TTP trade pact grows
19-Mar-2014 Macrobusiness
The prospects of concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – the proposed regional trade deal between 12 Pacific Rim countries, including Australia – look to have taken another hit, with opposition towards the deal in the US continuing to grow.
Japan business lobby calls for NZ’s efforts to strike TPP deal
17-Mar-2014 Kyodo
The head of Japan’s most influential business lobby on Monday called on New Zealand to play an active role toward concluding talks for a Pacific free trade pact, as the 12 negotiating members struggle to overcome their differences.
Eight reasons to purge investor-state dispute settlement from trade agreements
6-Mar-2014
For a variety of reasons, including poor management of public perceptions, the administration’s trade agenda is in trouble. Much of the public’s antipathy toward trade agreements can be boiled down to concerns about the so-called Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provision. ISDS enables foreign investors to circumvent domestic legal processes and sue host governments in third-party arbitration tribunals for unfair or discriminatory treatment – described hyperbolically by those fanning the flames of opposition as “running roughshod over domestic laws, regulations, and sovereignty.”
USTR sets 2014 as goal of signing Pacific free trade deal
5-Mar-2014 Kyodo
"The administration will work to conclude negotiations of the TPP in 2014," the office of the US Trade Representative said in a document attached to President Barack Obama’s budget blueprint for fiscal 2015.
Dairy groups ’running out of patience’ on TPP
4-Mar-2014 Farm Futures
The US Dairy Export Council and the National Milk Producers Federation suggest moving forward with Trans Pacific Partnership without Canada and Japan on the basis of the countries’ dairy policies
US welcomes Taiwan membership in TPP if island fulfills criteria: diplomat
3-Mar-2014 China Post
The United States would welcome Taiwan’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership as long as it meets the high standards set by TPP members, Taipei’s diplomat to Washington was cited as saying yesterday.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: No end in sight
25-Feb-2014 The Economist
“Significant gaps” remain after the Singapore talk, no date or place has been chosen for their next meeting, and it is hard to avoid the conclusion that any agreement is months or years away, writes The Economist.
No end in sight yet for Trans-Pacific trade pact
25-Feb-2014 Reuters
Ministers in 12-nation Trans-Pacific trade talks said on Tuesday they had yet to reach agreement on tariffs and other market access issues, with the timing of a completed deal looking increasingly unclear.
Obama admin’s TPP trade officials received hefty bonuses from big banks
24-Feb-2014 Republic Report
Officials tapped by the Obama administration to lead the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations have received multimillion dollar bonuses from CitiGroup and Bank of America, financial disclosures obtained by Republic Report show.
American-European trade pact could dwarf TPPA if it becomes a reality
21-Feb-2014 Bernama
Economies like Malaysia would have to adhere to the tariff levels agreed to between both the EU and the US if they want to export to these markets and those of other potential members such as Japan and South Korea.
Obama’s ambitious trade agenda hits Asian resistance
21-Feb-2014 Reuters
America’s ambitious trade agenda is running into fierce resistance in Asia, but negotiators say a draft Pacific free-trade deal that papers over some differences may be ready by the time US President Barack Obama visits the region in April.
Japan willing to concede on agricultural products for free trade agreement
19-Feb-2014 Japan Daily Press
A key government official has said on Tuesday that Japan is willing to concede several points on crucial agricultural issues as they officially begin talks with the United States in preparation for the high-level multilateral negotiations next week in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.