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Taiwan should learn from South Korea’s TPP strategy
20-Jan-2014 Want China TImes
Taiwan’s president, Ma Ying-jeou, has recently turned aggressive in seeking to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks and could learn from Korea’s strategy.
Liberalization key to Taiwan’s TPP bid: AmCham
16-Jan-2014
The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Taipei urged Taiwan Thursday to speed up its efforts to liberalize its business environment to help its bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Pacific trade talks fall short on environmental protection: groups
16-Jan-2014 Reuters
Documents released by the whistle-blowing group WikiLeaks show countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) did not plan to sanction trading partners who break environmental promises — an issue that has caused a rift between the United States and others in the bloc and is an obstacle to finalizing the deal.
Jan 31: Inter-continental day of action vs TPP & corporate globalization
16-Jan-2014 Council of Canadians
This is a call to action for communities throughout Mexico, Canada and the United States to join together on January 31, 2014, and say "ENOUGH!" to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, and other corporate "trade" deals. Solidarity actions elsewhere throughout the globe are welcome.
Wikileaks: Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP)
15-Jan-2014 Wikileaks
Today, 15 January 2014, WikiLeaks released the secret draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Environment Chapter and the corresponding Chairs’ Report. The TPP transnational legal regime would cover 12 countries initially and encompass 40 per cent of global GDP and one-third of world trade.
Seoul affirms interest in joining TPP, but says China deal comes first
13-Jan-2014 Wall St Journal
South Korea’s Trade Ministry made clear Monday that the country will prioritize bilateral free trade negotiations with China this year over the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership
Australians to Canadians: Beware TPP economic fallout
8-Jan-2014 rabble.ca
Over 125,000 people have spoken out about the damaging Internet censorship proposals in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Now, our friends in Australia are sounding the alarm about how the TPP could wreak havoc on Canada’s economy.
VN seeks Walmart support in TPP talks
8-Jan-2014 Vienam Net
Viet Nam hopes to have the support of major US retail corporation Walmart in the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations as well as free trade pacts with other countries, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh said yesterday, Jan 7.
FIAN launches international action: TTIP and TPP void
8-Jan-2014 FIAN
FIAN International launched an action letter addressing the EU, USA and a number of countries negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) asking civil society networks, organizations and people interested in supporting the campaign to circulate, sign and send the letter to their local authorities
Business groups back Obama on trade amid historic debate
6-Jan-2014 Bloomberg
Some of the largest US business groups are lining up behind President Barack Obama to pressure Congress to clear the way for a pair of trade deals that could set rules for more than half the world’s economy.
Philippines: Businessmen prepare for free trade accords
5-Jan-2014 Manila Standard
The largest group of businessmen in the Philippines is preparing for new trade agreements that will enable the country to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
TPP, TTIP could alter US textile & apparel trade
5-Jan-2014 Fibre2fashion
From the view of the textiles and apparel industries, all eyes will be on whether a yarn-forward provision has been included or not in the final documents.
Anti-TPP Twitter Storm Wednesday 1/8/14 @ 10am PST/1pm EST
2-Jan-2014 The Anti-Media
The goal of this" "hashtag storm" is to get this hashtag trending on both Twitter and Facebook, so we can inform the public about the dangers of the Trans Pacific Partnership and agitate people to ACT to stop the TPP.
China hints at joining TPP talks
2-Jan-2014 New Straits Times
Foreign Minister Wang Yi, while outlining diplomatic priorities for this year, said that "China will face the member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks with an open attitude".
Les peuples amérindiens mettent en garde sur la destruction de la Terre-Mère
31-Dec-2013 El Correo
Lors du « 5e Sommet continental », qui s’est tenu récemment dans le département du Cauca en Colombie, 4 000 représentants indigènes du continent américain ont exigé un arrêt des signatures de Traités Bilatéraux d’Investissement et d’Accords de Libre Échange qui créent des politiques d’expropriation de ressources naturelles et des règles permettant le pillage des biens et des cultures des peuples.
Raw deal: How the Trans-Pacific Partnership could threaten our climate
27-Dec-2013 Sierra Club
"The broad implications of the TPP are that governments would lose ability to put in place policies to address the climate crisis while corporations would gain the ability to challenge climate and environmental laws and policies," writes the Sierra Club.
TPP: Getting US snout in Vietnam trough
21-Dec-2013 Thanh Nien News
American swine could make their way to the Vietnamese dining table via Chinese slaughterhouses, thanks to the TPP
Debate over proposed global trade agreements
19-Dec-2013 Diane Rehm Show
The pros and cons of two trade agreements in the works, TPP and TTIP, from a US perspective.
M’sia said to have backed down on TPP stance
16-Dec-2013 The Malaysian Reserve
The Bantah TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) agreement organisation expressed disappointment vis-à-vis the Malaysian negotiators, saying they are cowing to the Americans in the last rounds of the highly secretive trade talks.
Ag the lynchpin for TPP
16-Dec-2013 Stock Journal
"We are in a position to hold up the whole TPP to advance agriculture," says Alan Oxley, Australian APEC Study Centre chairman.